Little Eagle, SD
Little Eagle, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Little Eagle's 113 buildings earn a 88th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Little Eagle at the 88th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
113 buildings are counted in Little Eagle, and 70.8% 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.
Where Little Eagle ranks
There's little gap between Little Eagle's 88th national percentile and its 90th 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, Little Eagle ranks 3,889 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,521 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 49 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
At the 88th percentile nationally, Little Eagle carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 70.8% of Little Eagle 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 Little Eagle's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 113 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Little Eagle. The exposure-zones guide covers what Little Eagle's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.