Corwin Springs, MT
Corwin Springs wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Corwin Springs at the 97th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 133 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Corwin Springs at the 97th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Corwin Springs's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 96.2% of Corwin Springs's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 3.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 128 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Corwin Springs ranks
Corwin Springs's risk sits at a similar level relative to Montana (95th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Corwin Springs ranks 850 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,586 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 23 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Corwin Springs and the insurance market
Corwin Springs's very high rating (97th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Corwin Springs
With 96.2% of Corwin Springs 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.
Where Corwin Springs's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Corwin Springs's 850-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Corwin Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.