Batavia, MT
Batavia, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Batavia lands at the 78th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 340 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Batavia at the 78th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Batavia's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Batavia's 340 counted buildings, 88.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Batavia against the rest of the country
Batavia ranks lower within Montana (50th percentile statewide) than its 78th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Batavia ranks 6,808 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,576 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 239 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Batavia
Batavia's 78th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 88.8% of Batavia in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Batavia's 78th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Batavia, see the exposure-zones guide.