East Glacier Park Village, MT
How exposed is East Glacier Park Village to wildfire?
East Glacier Park Village's 355 buildings earn a 95th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Glacier Park Village at the 93rd percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
55.5% of East Glacier Park Village's 355 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 197 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 44.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where East Glacier Park Village ranks
There's little gap between East Glacier Park Village's 95th national percentile and its 87th percentile inside Montana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Glacier Park Village ranks 1,731 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,190 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 63 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
At the 95th percentile nationally, East Glacier Park Village carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 55.5% of East Glacier Park Village 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 East Glacier Park Village's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Glacier Park Village's 1,731-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Glacier Park Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.