Absarokee, MT
Absarokee, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Absarokee lands at the 80th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 831 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Absarokee at the 81st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Absarokee's building exposure, zone by zone
831 buildings are counted in Absarokee, and 59.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 40.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Absarokee against the rest of the country
Inside Montana, Absarokee sits at just the 52nd percentile even though it scores 80th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Absarokee ranks 6,401 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,335 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 227 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Absarokee and the insurance market
At the 80th percentile nationally, Absarokee 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Absarokee's 59.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 831 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Absarokee. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Absarokee, see the exposure-zones guide.