Delta, PA
Delta wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Delta at the 11th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 328 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Delta at the 10th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
Where Delta's buildings actually sit
328 buildings are counted in Delta, and 58.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 41.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Delta ranks
Delta scores 11th nationally and 10th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delta ranks 27,937 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,881 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,796 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Delta
Delta's low rating (11th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Delta (58.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Delta's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Delta's 27,937-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Delta's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.