Menno, SD
Menno, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Menno sits at the 38th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 569 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Menno at the 36th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Where Menno's buildings actually sit
77.3% of Menno's 569 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 22.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Menno ranks
Menno's 38th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 12th ranking inside South Dakota does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Menno ranks 19,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,275 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 390 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Menno
Menno's moderate wildfire rating (38th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 77.3% of Menno outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Menno's 38th-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 Menno, see the exposure-zones guide.