Virgil, SD
Virgil wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Virgil lands at the 71st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 41 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Virgil at the 68th percentile, close to its 71st-percentile risk score.
Where Virgil's buildings actually sit
41 buildings are counted in Virgil, and 92.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Virgil against the rest of the country
Virgil scores 71st nationally and 66th within South Dakota — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Virgil ranks 9,275 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,153 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 150 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Virgil
Virgil'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.
Hardening a home in Virgil
Virgil's 92.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 41 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Virgil. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Virgil, see the exposure-zones guide.