Jewett City, CT
How exposed is Jewett City to wildfire?
Jewett City sits at the 26th 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 997 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jewett City at the 23rd national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Jewett City's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 5.1% of Jewett City's 997 buildings carry Direct exposure and 15.1% carry Indirect; the remaining 79.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Jewett City compares
There's little gap between Jewett City's 26th national percentile and its 28th percentile inside Connecticut, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jewett City ranks 23,437 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,954 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 155 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Jewett City's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Jewett City
Even with 79.8% of Jewett City outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 997 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jewett City. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Jewett City, see the exposure-zones guide.