Sharon, CT
How exposed is Sharon to wildfire?
Sharon's 707 buildings earn a 37th-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 Sharon at the 36th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
Sharon's building exposure, zone by zone
87.7% of Sharon's 707 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 620 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 12.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Sharon against the rest of the country
Within Connecticut, Sharon ranks higher (69th percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sharon ranks 19,815 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,580 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 68 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
Sharon's moderate rating (37th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Sharon
With 87.7% of Sharon 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 Sharon's figures come from
Sharon's 37th-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 Sharon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.