Woonsocket, SD
Woonsocket, SD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Woonsocket sits at the 65th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 555 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woonsocket's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
555 buildings are counted in Woonsocket, and 39.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 33.9% rated Minimal.
Woonsocket against the rest of the country
Woonsocket scores 65th nationally and 56th 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, Woonsocket ranks 11,171 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,508 by building count (1 is largest). Within South Dakota alone, it ranks 194 of 439 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for South Dakota on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 65th percentile nationally, Woonsocket 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.
Hardening a home in Woonsocket
Woonsocket's 39.3% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Woonsocket's 11,171-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Woonsocket, see the exposure-zones guide.