Bridgewater, CT
Bridgewater wildfire risk explained
Bridgewater sits at the 45th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 257 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bridgewater's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
257 buildings are counted in Bridgewater, and 100% 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% rated Minimal.
Bridgewater against the rest of the country
Bridgewater's 96th-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 45th 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, Bridgewater ranks 17,293 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,910 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 9 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bridgewater
At the 45th national percentile, Bridgewater rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Bridgewater's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bridgewater's 17,293-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bridgewater, see the exposure-zones guide.