Wall, SD
How exposed is Wall to wildfire?
USFS scores Wall at the 72nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 707 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wall at the 70th percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
Wall's building exposure, zone by zone
83.9% of Wall's 707 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 16.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Wall against the rest of the country
Wall scores 72nd nationally and 70th 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, Wall ranks 8,741 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,590 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 134 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wall
Wall's high rating (72nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 83.9% of Wall's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Wall's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wall's 8,741-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wall's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.