Glasgow, DE
Glasgow, DE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Glasgow sits at the 43rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,618 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glasgow at the 43rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Glasgow's buildings actually sit
Of Glasgow's 4,618 counted buildings, 41.6% carry Direct exposure and only 22.6% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Glasgow ranks
Within Delaware, Glasgow ranks higher (59th percentile) than it does nationally (43rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glasgow ranks 18,048 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,680 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 33 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Glasgow's elevated wildfire rating (43rd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Glasgow
With 41.6% of Glasgow 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
Glasgow's 43rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Glasgow, see the exposure-zones guide.