Volin, SD
How exposed is Volin to wildfire?
Volin's 138 buildings earn a 60th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Volin at the 60th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Where Volin's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 65.2% of Volin's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 34.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Volin compares
Volin's risk sits at a similar level relative to South Dakota (48th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (60th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Volin ranks 12,493 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,382 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 229 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Volin
At the 60th percentile nationally, Volin carries the 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
Even with 65.2% of Volin 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
Volin's 60th-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 Volin, see the exposure-zones guide.