Rocky Boy West, MT
Rocky Boy West, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rocky Boy West's 265 buildings earn a 70th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rocky Boy West's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 68th percentile nationally.
Where Rocky Boy West's buildings actually sit
Of Rocky Boy West's 265 counted buildings, 89.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Rocky Boy West ranks
Inside Montana, Rocky Boy West sits at just the 39th percentile even though it scores 70th 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, Rocky Boy West ranks 9,456 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,669 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 291 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Rocky Boy West and the insurance market
At the 70th percentile nationally, Rocky Boy West 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 89.4% of Rocky Boy West in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Rocky Boy West's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rocky Boy West's 9,456-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rocky Boy West's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.