Tripp, SD
Tripp, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Tripp sits at the 46th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 530 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tripp's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Tripp rates 65.3% Minimal exposure against just 34.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 530 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Tripp ranks
Inside South Dakota, Tripp sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 46th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tripp ranks 17,002 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,870 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 338 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Tripp and the insurance market
Tripp's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Tripp
Even with 65.3% of Tripp 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 530 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tripp. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Tripp, see the exposure-zones guide.