Outlook, MT
Outlook, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Outlook at the 8th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 119 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Outlook at the 7th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
75.6% of Outlook's 119 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 24.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Outlook ranks
Outlook's risk sits at a similar level relative to Montana (1st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (8th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Outlook ranks 28,879 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,207 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 469 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Outlook
At the 8th national percentile, Outlook rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 75.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Outlook gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Outlook's figures come from
Outlook's 8th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Outlook's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.