Hogeland, MT
How exposed is Hogeland to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hogeland at the 10th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 62 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hogeland at the 8th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hogeland's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 51.6% of Hogeland's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 48.4% Minimal share — a profile where 32 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Hogeland ranks
Hogeland scores 10th nationally and 2nd within Montana — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hogeland ranks 28,346 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,583 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 466 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hogeland
Hogeland's low wildfire rating (10th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Hogeland
Hogeland's 51.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 62 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hogeland. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hogeland, see the exposure-zones guide.