Dodgingtown, CT
How exposed is Dodgingtown to wildfire?
USFS scores Dodgingtown at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 301 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dodgingtown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Where Dodgingtown's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Dodgingtown: 99% of its 301 buildings, versus 1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Dodgingtown ranks
Compare Dodgingtown's two percentiles: 94th within Connecticut, only 44th nationally — a gap of 50 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dodgingtown ranks 17,576 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,593 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 14 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
Dodgingtown's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Dodgingtown (99%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dodgingtown's 17,576-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Dodgingtown, see the exposure-zones guide.