Barnett, MO
How exposed is Barnett to wildfire?
USFS scores Barnett at the 76th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 162 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Barnett's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
Barnett's building exposure, zone by zone
162 buildings are counted in Barnett, and 56.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Barnett ranks
Compare Barnett's two percentiles: 92nd within Missouri, only 76th nationally — a gap of 16 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barnett ranks 7,724 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,341 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 89 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Barnett
At the 76th percentile nationally, Barnett carries the 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 Barnett
Barnett's 56.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Barnett's 7,724-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Barnett, see the exposure-zones guide.