Barton, MD
Barton, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Barton at the 55th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 241 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Barton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
Barton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 77.6% of Barton's 241 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 22.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Barton compares
Barton's 78th-percentile standing inside Maryland outpaces its 55th 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, Barton ranks 14,085 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,431 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 116 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Barton's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 77.6% of Barton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Barton's figures come from
Barton's 55th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Barton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.