North Grosvenor Dale, CT
North Grosvenor Dale, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
North Grosvenor Dale's 640 buildings earn a 28th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Grosvenor Dale at the 26th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
57% of North Grosvenor Dale's 640 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 43% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
North Grosvenor Dale against the rest of the country
There's little gap between North Grosvenor Dale's 28th national percentile and its 36th percentile inside Connecticut, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Grosvenor Dale ranks 22,680 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,320 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 137 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Grosvenor Dale
North Grosvenor Dale's moderate rating (28th 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 North Grosvenor Dale (57% 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
North Grosvenor Dale's 28th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond North Grosvenor Dale, see the exposure-zones guide.