Old Hill, CT
Old Hill, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Old Hill at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,593 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Old Hill's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Old Hill's buildings actually sit
Of Old Hill's 2,593 counted buildings, 72.4% carry Direct exposure and only 27.6% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Old Hill ranks
Old Hill's risk sits at a similar level relative to Connecticut (21st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (24th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Old Hill ranks 23,878 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,115 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 169 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Old Hill and the insurance market
Old Hill's moderate wildfire rating (24th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Old Hill's 72.4% 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 Old Hill's figures come from
Old Hill's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Old Hill's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.