Northford, CT
How exposed is Northford to wildfire?
Northford's 2,818 buildings earn a 43rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Northford at the 42nd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Northford's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Northford: 81.9% of its 2,818 buildings, versus 18.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Northford against the rest of the country
Compare Northford's two percentiles: 90th within Connecticut, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 47 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Northford ranks 18,016 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,728 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 22 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Northford and the insurance market
At the 43rd national percentile, Northford rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Northford
Northford's 81.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Northford's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Northford's 18,016-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Northford's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.