Brookfield Center, CT
Brookfield Center wildfire risk explained
Brookfield Center sits at the 32nd 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 547 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 Brookfield Center at the 31st percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Brookfield Center: 84.1% of its 547 buildings, versus 15.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Brookfield Center against the rest of the country
Compare Brookfield Center's two percentiles: 53rd within Connecticut, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 21 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brookfield Center ranks 21,482 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,609 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 102 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brookfield Center
At the 32nd national percentile, Brookfield Center 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 84.1% of Brookfield Center 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 Brookfield Center's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 547 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brookfield Center. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brookfield Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.