Barryton, MI
Barryton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Barryton at the 25th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 270 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Barryton at the 25th percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
Barryton's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Barryton's buildings (71.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Barryton ranks
Barryton's 76th-percentile standing inside Michigan outpaces its 25th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barryton ranks 23,538 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,503 by building count (1 is largest). Within Michigan alone, it ranks 178 of 745 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Michigan on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 25th national percentile, Barryton rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Barryton (71.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Barryton's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Barryton, see the exposure-zones guide.