Turah, MT
Turah, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Turah at the 98th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 204 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Turah at the 97th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 99.5% of Turah's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 203 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Turah ranks
Turah's risk sits at a similar level relative to Montana (97th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Turah ranks 761 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,697 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 16 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Turah
Turah's very high rating (98th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.5% of Turah 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 204 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Turah. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Turah, see the exposure-zones guide.