East Brooklyn, CT
East Brooklyn wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, East Brooklyn lands at the 24th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 929 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Brooklyn at the 22nd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in East Brooklyn (60.1% of 929 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 39.9% sit in the Direct zone.
East Brooklyn against the rest of the country
East Brooklyn's risk sits at a similar level relative to Connecticut (20th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (24th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Brooklyn ranks 23,976 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,474 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 171 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
East Brooklyn and the insurance market
East Brooklyn's moderate wildfire rating (24th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in East Brooklyn (60.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where East Brooklyn's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Brooklyn's 23,976-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Brooklyn's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.