Danielson, CT
Danielson, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Danielson at the 22nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,418 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Danielson at the 20th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Danielson's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Danielson's buildings (92%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Danielson compares
Danielson scores 22nd nationally and 15th within Connecticut — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Danielson ranks 24,574 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,548 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 184 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Danielson
Danielson's moderate wildfire rating (22nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Danielson's 92% 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 Danielson's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Danielson's 24,574-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Danielson's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.