Noroton Heights, CT
How exposed is Noroton Heights to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Noroton Heights lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,096 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Noroton Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Where Noroton Heights's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 81.5% of Noroton Heights's 2,096 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 18.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Noroton Heights compares
Noroton Heights's risk sits at a similar level relative to Connecticut (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (18th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Noroton Heights ranks 25,834 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,203 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 201 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Noroton Heights and the insurance market
Noroton Heights's low rating (18th 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Noroton Heights (81.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Noroton Heights's 25,834-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 Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.