Bloomfield, MT
Bloomfield wildfire risk explained
Bloomfield's 25 buildings earn a 37th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bloomfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
Where Bloomfield's buildings actually sit
Most of Bloomfield's buildings (64%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Bloomfield against the rest of the country
Inside Montana, Bloomfield sits at just the 7th percentile even though it scores 37th 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, Bloomfield ranks 19,732 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,412 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 443 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Bloomfield and the insurance market
Bloomfield's moderate rating (37th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Bloomfield
Bloomfield's 64% 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 25 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bloomfield. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bloomfield, see the exposure-zones guide.