Lincoln, DE
How exposed is Lincoln to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lincoln lands at the 31st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 568 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lincoln at the 30th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lincoln's buildings actually sit
568 buildings are counted in Lincoln, and 63% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 37% rated Minimal.
Lincoln against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Lincoln's 31st national percentile and its 17th percentile inside Delaware, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lincoln ranks 21,861 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 66 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lincoln
At the 31st national percentile, Lincoln rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Lincoln's 63% 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 Lincoln's figures come from
Lincoln's 31st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lincoln's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.