Peever, SD
Peever wildfire risk explained
Peever's 90 buildings earn a 71st-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Peever at the 66th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Peever's building exposure, zone by zone
70% of Peever's 90 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Peever compares
Peever's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Dakota (67th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (71st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Peever ranks 9,179 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,511 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 144 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Peever and the insurance market
Peever's high rating (71st 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 70% of Peever's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Peever's figures come from
Peever's 71st-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 Peever's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.