Dayville, CT
Dayville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Dayville at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 389 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dayville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Where Dayville's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 69.7% of Dayville's 389 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 30.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Dayville ranks
Dayville scores 22nd nationally and 14th 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, Dayville ranks 24,730 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,419 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 185 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Dayville and the insurance market
Dayville'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.
Hardening a home in Dayville
Dayville's 69.7% 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.
More on how this number was built
Dayville's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dayville, see the exposure-zones guide.