Tyndall, SD
How exposed is Tyndall to wildfire?
USFS scores Tyndall at the 45th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 950 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tyndall's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Where Tyndall's buildings actually sit
68.8% of Tyndall's 950 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 31.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Tyndall against the rest of the country
Tyndall ranks lower within South Dakota (20th percentile statewide) than its 45th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tyndall ranks 17,504 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,311 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 352 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Tyndall and the insurance market
Tyndall's elevated wildfire rating (45th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Tyndall
Tyndall's 68.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Tyndall's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Tyndall, see the exposure-zones guide.