New Rockport Colony, MT
New Rockport Colony wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Rockport Colony at the 22nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 61 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Rockport Colony at the 21st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where New Rockport Colony's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 83.6% of New Rockport Colony's 61 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 16.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
New Rockport Colony against the rest of the country
New Rockport Colony ranks lower within Montana (3rd percentile statewide) than its 22nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Rockport Colony ranks 24,558 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,631 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 460 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
New Rockport Colony and the insurance market
New Rockport Colony's moderate rating (22nd 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 New Rockport Colony
New Rockport Colony's 83.6% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Rockport Colony's 24,558-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Rockport Colony, see the exposure-zones guide.