Delaware, NJ
Delaware, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Delaware sits at the 38th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 171 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Delaware'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
Of Delaware's 171 counted buildings, 79.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Delaware against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Delaware's 38th national percentile and its 39th percentile inside New Jersey, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delaware ranks 19,696 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,992 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 430 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Delaware
At the 38th national percentile, Delaware 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 Delaware
Delaware's 79.5% 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.
Where Delaware's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Delaware's 19,696-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Delaware's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.