Newport, DE
Newport, DE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Newport lands at the 44th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 518 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newport at the 43rd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Newport's buildings actually sit
Newport rates 99.6% Minimal exposure against just 0.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 518 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Newport against the rest of the country
Within Delaware, Newport ranks higher (67th percentile) than it does nationally (44th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newport ranks 17,606 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,050 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 27 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newport
At the 44th national percentile, Newport rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Newport
With 99.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Newport gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Newport's figures come from
Newport's 44th-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 Newport's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.