Branford Center, CT
Branford Center wildfire risk explained
Branford Center sits at the 28th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,193 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Branford Center at the 28th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
Where Branford Center's buildings actually sit
56.6% of Branford Center's 2,193 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 8.7% Direct and 34.8% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Branford Center against the rest of the country
Branford Center scores 28th nationally and 33rd within Connecticut — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Branford Center ranks 22,745 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,948 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 141 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Branford Center and the insurance market
Branford Center's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Branford Center (56.6% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Branford Center's 22,745-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Branford Center, see the exposure-zones guide.