Springdale, MT
Springdale, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Springdale at the 80th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 44 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Springdale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Springdale's 44 counted buildings, 86.4% 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.
Springdale against the rest of the country
Inside Montana, Springdale sits at just the 52nd percentile even though it scores 80th 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, Springdale ranks 6,468 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,073 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 228 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Springdale
At the 80th percentile nationally, Springdale 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Springdale's 86.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Springdale's 6,468-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Springdale, see the exposure-zones guide.