Connecticut cities by disaster risk

24 cities and communities with 25,000 or more people. Ratings are for the county each city sits in.

Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0

City	County	Overall risk	Top hazard	People
Bridgeport	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Moderate	Inland flooding	149,153
Stamford	Western Connecticut Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	137,144
New Haven	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	134,349
Hartford	Capitol Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	121,127
Waterbury	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Moderate	Inland flooding	114,869
Norwalk	Western Connecticut Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	92,187
Danbury	Western Connecticut Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	87,263
New Britain	Capitol Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	74,223
West Hartford	Capitol Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	63,620
Bristol	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Moderate	Inland flooding	61,462
Meriden	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	60,545
West Haven	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	55,351
Milford	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	51,023
East Hartford	Capitol Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	50,918
Middletown	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Moderate	Inland flooding	47,958
Shelton	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Moderate	Inland flooding	41,889
Norwich	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Moderate	Inland flooding	39,973
Manchester	Capitol Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	36,759
Torrington	Northwest Hills Planning Region	Low	Inland flooding	35,547
Naugatuck	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	Moderate	Inland flooding	31,800
Newington	Capitol Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	30,896
East Haven	South Central Connecticut Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	27,806
New London	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	Moderate	Inland flooding	27,625
Wethersfield	Capitol Planning Region	High	Inland flooding	27,250