Lewistown Heights, MT
Lewistown Heights, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lewistown Heights sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 404 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lewistown Heights at the 25th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
58.4% of Lewistown Heights's 404 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 236 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 41.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Lewistown Heights ranks
Lewistown Heights ranks lower within Montana (4th percentile statewide) than its 26th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lewistown Heights ranks 23,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,140 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 454 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Lewistown Heights and the insurance market
Lewistown Heights's moderate wildfire rating (26th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 58.4% of Lewistown Heights 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
Lewistown Heights's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lewistown Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.