Southport, CT
How exposed is Southport to wildfire?
Southport's 1,611 buildings earn a 21st-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 Southport at the 21st percentile, close to its 21st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 12.7% of Southport's 1,611 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 87.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Southport ranks
Southport's risk sits at a similar level relative to Connecticut (11th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Southport ranks 24,952 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,726 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 191 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Southport and the insurance market
Southport's moderate rating (21st 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 87.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Southport gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Southport's figures come from
Southport's 21st-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 Southport's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.