La Plant, SD
La Plant, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
La Plant's 90 buildings earn a 83rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, La Plant's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Where La Plant's buildings actually sit
90 buildings are counted in La Plant, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
La Plant against the rest of the country
There's little gap between La Plant's 83rd national percentile and its 83rd percentile inside South Dakota, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, La Plant ranks 5,428 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,510 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 75 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in La Plant
La Plant's very high rating (83rd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in La Plant
With 100% of La Plant in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where La Plant's figures come from
La Plant's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what La Plant's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.