Deep River Center, CT
Deep River Center wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Deep River Center at the 38th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,435 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Deep River Center's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
Where Deep River Center's buildings actually sit
72.4% of Deep River Center's 1,435 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,039 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 26.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.8% are Minimal.
How Deep River Center compares
Compare Deep River Center's two percentiles: 73rd within Connecticut, only 38th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Deep River Center ranks 19,436 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,455 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 57 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
Deep River Center's moderate rating (38th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Deep River Center (72.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Deep River Center's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Deep River Center's 19,436-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Deep River Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.