Noroton, CT
Noroton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Noroton lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 3,532 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Noroton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Noroton's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Noroton (54.3% of 3,532 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 19.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Noroton compares
Noroton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Connecticut (4th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Noroton ranks 26,243 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,737 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 205 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
Noroton's low rating (17th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Noroton's 54.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Noroton's 26,243-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Noroton, see the exposure-zones guide.