Magnolia, DE
Magnolia, DE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Magnolia sits at the 50th 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 170 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Magnolia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Where Magnolia's buildings actually sit
170 buildings are counted in Magnolia, and 65.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 34.1% in Direct exposure or the 0.6% rated Minimal.
Magnolia against the rest of the country
Within Delaware, Magnolia ranks higher (85th percentile) than it does nationally (50th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Magnolia ranks 15,811 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,013 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 13 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Magnolia
Magnolia's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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
Magnolia's 65.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Magnolia's 15,811-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Magnolia, see the exposure-zones guide.