Trent, SD
How exposed is Trent to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Trent at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 194 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Trent at the 48th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Trent's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 47.4% of Trent's 194 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 52.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Trent against the rest of the country
Trent ranks lower within South Dakota (26th percentile statewide) than its 48th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Trent ranks 16,373 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,100 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 324 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Trent and the insurance market
Trent's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 52.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Trent gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 194 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Trent. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Trent, see the exposure-zones guide.