Broadview, MT
Broadview, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Broadview's 135 buildings earn a 69th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Broadview at the 67th percentile, close to its 69th-percentile risk score.
Where Broadview's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Broadview (63.7% of 135 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 36.3% sit in the Direct zone.
How Broadview compares
Broadview ranks lower within Montana (38th percentile statewide) than its 69th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Broadview ranks 9,676 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,500 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 297 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Broadview's 69th-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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Broadview (63.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Broadview's figures come from
Broadview's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Broadview's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.