Poquonock Bridge, CT
Poquonock Bridge wildfire risk explained
Poquonock Bridge sits at the 14th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 610 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Poquonock Bridge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Poquonock Bridge's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Poquonock Bridge's buildings (88.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Poquonock Bridge against the rest of the country
Poquonock Bridge scores 14th nationally and 1st within Connecticut — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Poquonock Bridge ranks 26,968 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,689 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 213 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Poquonock Bridge
Poquonock Bridge's low wildfire rating (14th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 88.7% of Poquonock Bridge's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Poquonock Bridge's 26,968-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Poquonock Bridge, see the exposure-zones guide.