Taylor Corners, CT
How exposed is Taylor Corners to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Taylor Corners lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 415 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Taylor Corners's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Where Taylor Corners's buildings actually sit
99% of Taylor Corners's 415 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 411 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Taylor Corners against the rest of the country
Taylor Corners's 72nd-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 38th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Taylor Corners ranks 19,439 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,920 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 60 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 38th national percentile, Taylor Corners rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Taylor Corners's 99% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Taylor Corners's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Taylor Corners, see the exposure-zones guide.