Westport Village, CT
Westport Village, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Westport Village at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,920 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Westport Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Westport Village's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Westport Village's buildings (72.9% of 2,920) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Westport Village compares
Westport Village's risk sits at a similar level relative to Connecticut (18th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (23rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westport Village ranks 24,164 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,553 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 176 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Westport Village
Westport Village's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 72.9% of Westport Village outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Westport Village's figures come from
Westport Village's 23rd-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 Westport Village's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.