Wildfire risk in Connecticut
Connecticut: 9 counties covered
Across 9 Connecticut counties, the average wildfire-risk percentile is 25 — but that average hides real spread between counties, which is why each community in this dataset gets its own page rather than one statewide number.
- Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT — 30th percentile, Moderate
- Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT — 28th percentile, Moderate
- Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT — 27th percentile, Moderate
- Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT — 26th percentile, Moderate
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT — 25th percentile, Moderate
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT — 24th percentile, Moderate
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT — 23rd percentile, Moderate
- Capitol Planning Region, CT — 22nd percentile, Moderate
- Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT — 21st percentile, Moderate
The 10 highest-risk places in Connecticut on this site
Of the 214 Connecticut communities WildfireRiskFinder covers, these rank highest for wildfire risk nationally:
- Lake Pocotopaug, CT — 49th percentile, Elevated
- Bethlehem Village, CT — 48th percentile, Elevated
- Higganum, CT — 48th percentile, Elevated
- Terramuggus, CT — 47th percentile, Elevated
- East Hampton, CT — 47th percentile, Elevated
- Litchfield, CT — 46th percentile, Elevated
- Durham, CT — 46th percentile, Elevated
- New Preston, CT — 45th percentile, Elevated
- Bridgewater, CT — 45th percentile, Elevated
- Redding Center, CT — 45th percentile, Elevated