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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Montana

FEMA publishes an expected annual loss for every county, but the raw figure tracks how much there is to lose, so a national list of it is really a list of large metros. Dividing by occupied housing units gives the number an individual owner can use. Expected annual loss is FEMA's National Risk Index figure for the county, divided by the number of occupied housing units the Census reports there. It is an actuarial average, not a forecast for any one year.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Montana ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Wibaux County $14,334Very Low$92,300
2 Petroleum County $8,236Very Low$173,700
3 Garfield County $6,500Very Low$178,300
4 Dawson County $5,761Relatively Low$187,400
5 Richland County $5,171Relatively Low$259,000
6 Powder River County $4,753Very Low$149,400
7 Chouteau County $4,466Very Low$185,100
8 Phillips County $4,378Very Low$175,000
9 McCone County $4,256Very Low$197,400
10 Prairie County $4,155Very Low$167,100
11 Madison County $4,124Very Low$440,500
12 Liberty County $4,100Very Low$116,800
13 Sweet Grass County $3,936Very Low$295,500
14 Carter County $3,880Very Low$176,600
15 Valley County $3,790Very Low$198,600
16 Judith Basin County $3,784Very Low$214,200
17 Fallon County $3,760Very Low$237,000
18 Blaine County $3,754Relatively Low$124,900
19 Golden Valley County $3,521Very Low$203,900
20 Carbon County $3,458Relatively Low$379,300
21 Daniels County $3,428Very Low$177,800
22 Sheridan County $3,409Very Low$111,600
23 Roosevelt County $3,377Relatively Low$119,400
24 Park County $3,361Relatively Low$429,700
25 Teton County $3,325Very Low$235,500
26 Big Horn County $3,046Relatively Low$148,200
27 Granite County $3,045Very Low$339,500
28 Treasure County $2,935Very Low$215,300
29 Rosebud County $2,849Relatively Low$188,900
30 Fergus County $2,635Relatively Low$202,700
31 Toole County $2,452Very Low$187,400
32 Wheatland County $2,443Very Low$172,700
33 Meagher County $2,399Very Low$244,400
34 Beaverhead County $2,397Relatively Low$282,000
35 Pondera County $2,372Very Low$179,200
36 Stillwater County $2,371Very Low$355,600
37 Glacier County $2,353Relatively Low$153,400
38 Musselshell County $2,300Very Low$221,200
39 Hill County $2,118Relatively Low$187,600
40 Broadwater County $2,052Very Low$364,800
41 Custer County $2,035Very Low$204,200
42 Ravalli County $1,970Relatively Low$435,000
43 Lake County $1,891Relatively Low$369,200
44 Lincoln County $1,767Relatively Low$258,700
45 Jefferson County $1,750Very Low$408,000
46 Powell County $1,732Very Low$255,700
47 Flathead County $1,731Relatively Moderate$467,700
48 Sanders County $1,651Relatively Low$323,800
49 Cascade County $1,583Relatively Moderate$243,300
50 Mineral County $1,512Very Low$313,600
51 Gallatin County $1,314Relatively Moderate$604,900
52 Deer Lodge County $1,297Very Low$209,700
53 Lewis and Clark County $1,136Relatively Low$358,200
54 Missoula County $1,097Relatively Low$423,100
55 Silver Bow County $941Very Low$223,500
56 Yellowstone County $868Relatively Moderate$317,600

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

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