Silesia, MT
Silesia, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Silesia at the 86th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 116 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 Silesia at the 87th percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
62.9% of Silesia's 116 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 73 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 37.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Silesia ranks
Silesia's 86th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 66th ranking inside Montana does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 20 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Silesia ranks 4,287 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,367 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 163 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Silesia
At the 86th percentile nationally, Silesia carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 62.9% of Silesia 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Silesia's 4,287-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Silesia, see the exposure-zones guide.