Langford, SD
Langford wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Langford at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 265 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Langford at the 66th percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
Where Langford's buildings actually sit
Langford rates 62.3% Minimal exposure against just 37.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 265 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Langford ranks
Langford scores 66th nationally and 58th within South Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Langford ranks 10,785 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,682 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 183 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Langford's high rating (66th 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 Langford
Langford's 62.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Langford's 66th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Langford, see the exposure-zones guide.