Ridgebury, CT
Ridgebury wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Ridgebury at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,084 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ridgebury at the 39th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Ridgebury's 2,084 counted buildings, 96.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Ridgebury against the rest of the country
Ridgebury's 78th-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 40th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ridgebury ranks 19,026 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,238 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 48 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Ridgebury and the insurance market
Ridgebury's moderate rating (40th 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 96.7% of Ridgebury in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Ridgebury's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,084 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ridgebury. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ridgebury's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.