Groton Long Point, CT
How exposed is Groton Long Point to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Groton Long Point lands at the 15th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 692 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Groton Long Point at the 13th percentile, close to its 15th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 81.1% of Groton Long Point's 692 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 1.2% Direct and 17.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Groton Long Point ranks
There's little gap between Groton Long Point's 15th national percentile and its 3rd percentile inside Connecticut, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Groton Long Point ranks 26,715 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,746 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 208 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Groton Long Point
At the 15th national percentile, Groton Long Point rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Groton Long Point (81.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 692 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Groton Long Point. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Groton Long Point, see the exposure-zones guide.