Danvers, MT
How exposed is Danvers to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Danvers lands at the 70th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 28 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Danvers at the 68th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Danvers's building exposure, zone by zone
28 buildings are counted in Danvers, and 96.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Danvers ranks
Danvers ranks lower within Montana (40th percentile statewide) than its 70th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Danvers ranks 9,363 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,381 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 288 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Danvers
Danvers's 70th-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.
Hardening a home in Danvers
Because Direct exposure dominates in Danvers (96.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 28 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Danvers. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Danvers, see the exposure-zones guide.