Glen, MT
Glen wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Glen at the 62nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 37 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Glen at the 63rd percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
Where Glen's buildings actually sit
37 buildings are counted in Glen, and 100% 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.
Glen against the rest of the country
Glen's 62nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 28th ranking inside Montana does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 34 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glen ranks 11,980 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,237 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 343 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 62nd percentile nationally, Glen carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Glen 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glen's 11,980-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Glen, see the exposure-zones guide.