Pringle, SD
How exposed is Pringle to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pringle at the 87th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 155 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pringle at the 88th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
51.6% of Pringle's 155 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 48.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Pringle ranks
There's little gap between Pringle's 87th national percentile and its 88th 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, Pringle ranks 4,256 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,681 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 55 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pringle
At the 87th percentile nationally, Pringle 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
Pringle's 51.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Pringle's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pringle's 4,256-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pringle's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.