Long Neck, DE
Long Neck, DE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Long Neck lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,523 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Long Neck at the 42nd national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 17% of Long Neck's 2,523 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 83% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Long Neck ranks
Long Neck's 69th-percentile standing inside Delaware outpaces its 45th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Long Neck ranks 17,325 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,260 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 25 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Long Neck
Long Neck's elevated wildfire rating (45th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 83% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Long Neck gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Long Neck's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,523 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Long Neck. The exposure-zones guide covers what Long Neck's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.