Baldwin Park, MO
How exposed is Baldwin Park to wildfire?
USFS scores Baldwin Park at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 59 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Baldwin Park at the 52nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Baldwin Park's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Baldwin Park: 66.1% of its 59 buildings, versus 33.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Baldwin Park against the rest of the country
Baldwin Park's 51st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 35th ranking inside Missouri does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Baldwin Park ranks 15,315 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,683 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 687 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Baldwin Park's elevated wildfire rating (51st percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Baldwin Park
Because Direct exposure dominates in Baldwin Park (66.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Baldwin Park's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Baldwin Park's 15,315-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Baldwin Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.