Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park sits at the 22nd 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 1,830 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 Conning Towers-Nautilus Park at the 20th percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Where Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's buildings actually sit
78.1% of Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's 1,830 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 16.9% Direct and 5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's 22nd national percentile and its 17th percentile inside Connecticut, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park ranks 24,445 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,982 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 178 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 22nd national percentile, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park rates moderate 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
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's 78.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's figures come from
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.