Delta, MO
How exposed is Delta to wildfire?
Delta's 289 buildings earn a 21st-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, Delta's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 22nd percentile nationally.
Where Delta's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Delta (79.9% of 289 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 20.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Delta ranks
There's little gap between Delta's 21st national percentile and its 7th percentile inside Missouri, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delta ranks 25,026 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,944 by building count (1 is largest). Within Missouri alone, it ranks 986 of 1,062 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Missouri on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Delta
Delta's moderate rating (21st 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
Because 79.9% of Delta's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Delta's 25,026-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Delta, see the exposure-zones guide.