Wineglass, MT
How exposed is Wineglass to wildfire?
USFS scores Wineglass at the 94th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 236 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 Wineglass at the 93rd percentile, close to its 94th-percentile risk score.
Wineglass's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Wineglass's 236 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 236 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Wineglass against the rest of the country
Wineglass's risk sits at a similar level relative to Montana (87th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (94th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wineglass ranks 1,798 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,600 by building count (1 is largest). Within Montana alone, it ranks 65 of 475 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Montana on its state page.
Wineglass and the insurance market
At the 94th percentile nationally, Wineglass 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.
Hardening a home in Wineglass
With 100% of Wineglass 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 236 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wineglass. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wineglass, see the exposure-zones guide.