Morristown, SD
Morristown wildfire risk explained
Morristown's 101 buildings earn a 69th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Morristown at the 68th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
Where Morristown's buildings actually sit
101 buildings are counted in Morristown, and 56.4% 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.
How Morristown compares
Morristown scores 69th nationally and 64th 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, Morristown ranks 9,715 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,008 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 160 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Morristown
Morristown's high rating (69th 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 Morristown
Morristown's 56.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Morristown's figures come from
Morristown's 69th-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 Morristown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.