Glendale Colony, MT
Glendale Colony, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Glendale Colony's 46 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glendale Colony's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Where Glendale Colony's buildings actually sit
46 buildings are counted in Glendale Colony, and 71.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 28.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Glendale Colony against the rest of the country
Glendale Colony's 50th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 13th ranking inside Montana does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 37 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glendale Colony ranks 15,922 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,028 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 415 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glendale Colony
Glendale Colony's elevated rating (50th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Glendale Colony
Because 71.7% of Glendale Colony's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 46 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glendale Colony. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glendale Colony, see the exposure-zones guide.