Rimrock Colony, MT
Rimrock Colony wildfire risk explained
Rimrock Colony sits at the 53rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 72 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 Rimrock Colony at the 51st percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Rimrock Colony's building exposure, zone by zone
72 buildings are counted in Rimrock Colony, and 86.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 13.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Rimrock Colony compares
Rimrock Colony's 53rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 16th ranking inside Montana does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 37 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rimrock Colony ranks 14,809 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,213 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 401 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Rimrock Colony and the insurance market
At the 53rd national percentile, Rimrock Colony rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Rimrock Colony
Rimrock Colony's 86.1% 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
Rimrock Colony's 53rd-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 Rimrock Colony, see the exposure-zones guide.