Wibaux, MT
Wibaux, MT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wibaux's 457 buildings earn a 61st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wibaux at the 60th percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Where Wibaux's buildings actually sit
Wibaux rates 43.1% Minimal exposure against just 30% Direct and 26.9% Indirect — of 457 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Wibaux compares
Wibaux ranks lower within Montana (26th percentile statewide) than its 61st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wibaux ranks 12,392 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,133 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 353 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Wibaux and the insurance market
Wibaux's high rating (61st 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
Wibaux's 43.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Wibaux's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wibaux's 12,392-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wibaux's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.