Candlewood Orchards, CT
How exposed is Candlewood Orchards to wildfire?
Candlewood Orchards sits at the 31st 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 688 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Candlewood Orchards at the 30th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Candlewood Orchards's building exposure, zone by zone
Candlewood Orchards rates 49.4% Minimal exposure against just 18.8% Direct and 31.8% Indirect — of 688 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Candlewood Orchards ranks
Candlewood Orchards's 47th-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 31st 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 Orchards ranks 21,736 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,774 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 113 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Candlewood Orchards
At the 31st national percentile, Candlewood Orchards 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
Candlewood Orchards's 49.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Candlewood Orchards's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 688 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Candlewood Orchards. The exposure-zones guide covers what Candlewood Orchards's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.