Ansonia, CT
Ansonia, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ansonia lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 6,467 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ansonia at the 35th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 81.3% of Ansonia's 6,467 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 12.6% Direct and 6.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 6,467 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Ansonia ranks
Ansonia's 68th-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 37th 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, Ansonia ranks 19,938 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,686 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 70 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ansonia
At the 37th national percentile, Ansonia rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Ansonia (81.3% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,467 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ansonia. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ansonia, see the exposure-zones guide.