New Britain, CT
New Britain, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores New Britain at the 29th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 19,047 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Britain's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where New Britain's buildings actually sit
Most of New Britain's buildings (60.4% of 19,047) 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 19,047 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How New Britain compares
New Britain scores 29th nationally and 39th 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, New Britain ranks 22,429 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 745 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 132 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 29th national percentile, New Britain 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 60.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, New Britain gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Britain's 22,429-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond New Britain, see the exposure-zones guide.