Brady, MT
Brady, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Brady sits at the 25th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 219 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brady at the 24th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Brady's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 68.5% of Brady's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 31.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Brady ranks
Inside Montana, Brady sits at just the 4th percentile even though it scores 25th 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, Brady ranks 23,576 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,163 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 456 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brady
At the 25th national percentile, Brady rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Brady
Brady's 68.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Brady's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brady's 23,576-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brady's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.