Heritage Village, CT
How exposed is Heritage Village to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Heritage Village lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,884 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Heritage Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.1% of Heritage Village's 1,884 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Heritage Village against the rest of the country
Compare Heritage Village's two percentiles: 74th within Connecticut, only 38th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Heritage Village ranks 19,437 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,807 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 58 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Heritage Village
Heritage Village's moderate wildfire rating (38th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Heritage Village's 67.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Heritage Village's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Heritage Village's 19,437-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Heritage Village's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.