Salmon Brook, CT
How exposed is Salmon Brook to wildfire?
Salmon Brook's 1,129 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Salmon Brook at the 32nd percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,129 buildings are counted in Salmon Brook, and 80.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Salmon Brook ranks
Compare Salmon Brook's two percentiles: 58th within Connecticut, only 34th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Salmon Brook ranks 20,916 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,085 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 91 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 34th national percentile, Salmon Brook rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Salmon Brook (80.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Salmon Brook's figures come from
Salmon Brook's 34th-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 Salmon Brook's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.