South Glastonbury, MT
South Glastonbury wildfire risk explained
South Glastonbury's 397 buildings earn a 96th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, South Glastonbury's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 95th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of South Glastonbury's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 397 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
South Glastonbury against the rest of the country
There's little gap between South Glastonbury's 96th national percentile and its 91st percentile inside Montana, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Glastonbury ranks 1,387 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,271 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 46 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Glastonbury
South Glastonbury's 96th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
South Glastonbury's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where South Glastonbury's figures come from
South Glastonbury's 96th-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 South Glastonbury's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.