Candlewood Knolls, CT
Candlewood Knolls, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Candlewood Knolls's 371 buildings earn a 40th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Candlewood Knolls at the 38th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
371 buildings are counted in Candlewood Knolls, and 70.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 28.6% in Direct exposure or the 0.8% rated Minimal.
How Candlewood Knolls compares
Candlewood Knolls's 81st-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 40th 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, Candlewood Knolls ranks 18,775 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,831 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 42 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Candlewood Knolls and the insurance market
Candlewood Knolls's elevated rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Candlewood Knolls
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Candlewood Knolls (70.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 371 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Candlewood Knolls. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Candlewood Knolls, see the exposure-zones guide.