Hawleyville, CT
Hawleyville, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hawleyville sits at the 39th 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 131 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hawleyville at the 38th 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
131 buildings are counted in Hawleyville, and 75.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Hawleyville ranks
Compare Hawleyville's two percentiles: 76th within Connecticut, only 39th nationally — a gap of 37 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hawleyville ranks 19,182 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,655 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 53 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Hawleyville and the insurance market
At the 39th national percentile, Hawleyville 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 Hawleyville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hawleyville (75.6%), 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
Hawleyville's 39th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hawleyville, see the exposure-zones guide.