Weatogue, CT
Weatogue wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Weatogue at the 35th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,066 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Weatogue at the 33rd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
74.7% of Weatogue's 1,066 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 796 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 25.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Weatogue compares
Weatogue's 61st-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 35th 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, Weatogue ranks 20,602 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,486 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 85 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
Weatogue's moderate wildfire rating (35th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 74.7% of Weatogue 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 Weatogue's figures come from
Weatogue's 35th-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 Weatogue's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.