Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Montana
Top 25 of 56 counties with data.
Ranked by wildfire risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cascade | 56.0 |
| 2 | Custer | 56.5 |
| 3 | Yellowstone | 64.0 |
| 4 | Silver Bow | 66.4 |
| 5 | Missoula | 75.2 |
| 6 | Richland | 78.1 |
| 7 | Valley | 78.4 |
| 8 | Gallatin | 79.8 |
| 9 | Hill | 81.0 |
| 10 | Liberty | 81.0 |
| 11 | Dawson | 82.2 |
| 12 | Lewis and Clark | 83.2 |
| 13 | Flathead | 84.5 |
| 14 | Toole | 84.5 |
| 15 | Beaverhead | 85.1 |
| 16 | Fergus | 85.9 |
| 17 | Broadwater | 87.2 |
| 18 | Deer Lodge | 88.2 |
| 19 | Blaine | 89.0 |
| 20 | Sheridan | 89.3 |
| 21 | Daniels | 89.7 |
| 22 | Wibaux | 91.4 |
| 23 | Pondera | 91.5 |
| 24 | McCone | 92.5 |
| 25 | Wheatland | 92.5 |
How this ranking works
This page ranks Montana counties by wildfire risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.
For wildfire risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh wildfire risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.
Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of wildfire risk.