Snowslip, MT
How exposed is Snowslip to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Snowslip lands at the 99th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 89 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Snowslip at the 99th percentile, close to its 99th-percentile risk score.
Where Snowslip's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Snowslip's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 89 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Snowslip ranks
There's little gap between Snowslip's 99th national percentile and its 100th percentile inside Montana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Snowslip ranks 419 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,541 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 4 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 99th percentile nationally, Snowslip 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 100% of Snowslip 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 Snowslip's 419-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Snowslip, see the exposure-zones guide.