Lakes East, CT
Lakes East, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lakes East lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 926 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lakes East at the 39th 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
USFS classifies 92.3% of Lakes East's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 6.3% Indirect share and far above its 1.4% Minimal share — a profile where 855 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Lakes East compares
Lakes East's 79th-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 40th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lakes East ranks 18,930 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,506 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 45 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Lakes East and the insurance market
Lakes East's moderate rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lakes East (92.3%), 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
Lakes East's 40th-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 Lakes East, see the exposure-zones guide.