New Hartford Center, CT
New Hartford Center, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores New Hartford Center at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 717 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Hartford Center at the 39th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where New Hartford Center's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in New Hartford Center: 70.2% of its 717 buildings, versus 29.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where New Hartford Center ranks
New Hartford Center's 80th-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, New Hartford Center ranks 18,804 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,493 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 43 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
New Hartford Center's elevated 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
With 70.2% of New Hartford Center 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.
Where New Hartford Center's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Hartford Center's 18,804-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Hartford Center's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.