Milford city (balance), CT
Milford city (balance), CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Milford city (balance) at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 21,007 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Milford city (balance)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
Milford city (balance)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Milford city (balance)'s buildings (88.6% of 21,007) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 21,007 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Milford city (balance) against the rest of the country
Milford city (balance) scores 26th nationally and 30th within Connecticut — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Milford city (balance) ranks 23,344 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 665 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 151 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Milford city (balance)
Milford city (balance)'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 Milford city (balance)
Even with 88.6% of Milford city (balance) 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.
Where Milford city (balance)'s figures come from
Milford city (balance)'s 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Milford city (balance)'s dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.