Botsford, CT
How exposed is Botsford to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Botsford at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 509 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Botsford at the 41st national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Botsford's building exposure, zone by zone
93.1% of Botsford's 509 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 474 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 6.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Botsford against the rest of the country
Within Connecticut, Botsford ranks higher (89th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Botsford ranks 18,206 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,184 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 24 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Botsford and the insurance market
Botsford's elevated rating (42nd 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 93.1% of Botsford 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 Botsford's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Botsford's 18,206-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Botsford's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.