Delafield, WI
Delafield wildfire risk explained
Delafield's 3,164 buildings earn a 37th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Delafield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
64% of Delafield's 3,164 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,025 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 24.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 12% are Minimal.
Delafield against the rest of the country
Compare Delafield's two percentiles: 87th within Wisconsin, only 37th nationally — a gap of 50 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delafield ranks 19,872 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,212 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 104 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Delafield and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, Delafield rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Delafield
With 64% of Delafield 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,164 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Delafield. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Delafield, see the exposure-zones guide.