Falls Village, CT
Falls Village wildfire risk explained
Falls Village sits at the 37th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 338 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Falls Village at the 36th national percentile — 1 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
78.4% of Falls Village's 338 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 265 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 21.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Falls Village compares
Falls Village's 68th-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 37th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Falls Village ranks 19,908 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,619 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 69 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Falls Village
At the 37th national percentile, Falls Village rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Falls Village
Because Direct exposure dominates in Falls Village (78.4%), 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 Falls Village's 19,908-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Falls Village, see the exposure-zones guide.