Malmstrom AFB, MT
Malmstrom AFB, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Malmstrom AFB's 996 buildings earn a 42nd-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, Malmstrom AFB's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Malmstrom AFB's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 63.5% of Malmstrom AFB's 996 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 9.7% Direct and 26.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Malmstrom AFB against the rest of the country
Malmstrom AFB ranks lower within Montana (8th percentile statewide) than its 42nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Malmstrom AFB ranks 18,375 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,965 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 437 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Malmstrom AFB
Malmstrom AFB's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Malmstrom AFB's 63.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Malmstrom AFB's 42nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Malmstrom AFB, see the exposure-zones guide.