Bartonsville, MD
Bartonsville, MD's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Bartonsville sits at the 18th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 854 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bartonsville at the 17th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bartonsville's building exposure, zone by zone
73.2% of Bartonsville's 854 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 625 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 19.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 7.4% are Minimal.
Where Bartonsville ranks
Bartonsville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Maryland (21st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (18th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bartonsville ranks 25,842 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,136 by building count (1 is largest). Within Maryland alone, it ranks 416 of 527 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Maryland on its state page.
Bartonsville and the insurance market
Bartonsville's low rating (18th 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 73.2% of Bartonsville 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.
Where Bartonsville's figures come from
Bartonsville's 18th-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 Bartonsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.