Plentywood, MT
Plentywood, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Plentywood at the 68th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,290 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Plentywood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 67th percentile nationally.
Plentywood's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Plentywood's buildings (91.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Plentywood against the rest of the country
Inside Montana, Plentywood sits at just the 36th percentile even though it scores 68th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plentywood ranks 10,089 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,124 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 306 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Plentywood
At the 68th percentile nationally, Plentywood carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Plentywood
Because 91.6% of Plentywood's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Plentywood's figures come from
Plentywood's 68th-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 Plentywood's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.