Riverton, CT
Riverton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Riverton at the 30th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 113 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Riverton at the 31st percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Riverton's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Riverton's 113 counted buildings, 75.2% 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.
Riverton against the rest of the country
Riverton scores 30th nationally and 45th 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, Riverton ranks 21,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,489 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 118 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Riverton
At the 30th national percentile, Riverton rates moderate 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 Riverton
Because Direct exposure dominates in Riverton (75.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Riverton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 113 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Riverton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Riverton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.