Barton, VT
How exposed is Barton to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Barton at the 11th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 496 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Barton at the 11th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Barton's building exposure, zone by zone
496 buildings are counted in Barton, and 56.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.2% rated Minimal.
Where Barton ranks
Barton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Vermont (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (11th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barton ranks 28,126 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,430 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 169 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Barton
Barton's low rating (11th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 56.1% of Barton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Barton's 28,126-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Barton, see the exposure-zones guide.