Lake Bungee, CT
Lake Bungee wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lake Bungee lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 346 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 Lake Bungee at the 27th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Lake Bungee's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Lake Bungee: 95.1% of its 346 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 4.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Lake Bungee ranks
Lake Bungee's risk sits at a similar level relative to Connecticut (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (30th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Bungee ranks 22,145 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,421 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 121 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
At the 30th national percentile, Lake Bungee rates moderate 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 95.1% of Lake Bungee in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 346 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lake Bungee. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lake Bungee, see the exposure-zones guide.