Rising Sun-Lebanon, DE
Rising Sun-Lebanon, DE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rising Sun-Lebanon sits at the 48th 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 1,488 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rising Sun-Lebanon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Rising Sun-Lebanon's building exposure, zone by zone
58.6% of Rising Sun-Lebanon's 1,488 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 41.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Rising Sun-Lebanon compares
Compare Rising Sun-Lebanon's two percentiles: 76th within Delaware, only 48th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rising Sun-Lebanon ranks 16,347 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,216 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 20 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
Rising Sun-Lebanon and the insurance market
Rising Sun-Lebanon's elevated wildfire rating (48th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 58.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rising Sun-Lebanon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rising Sun-Lebanon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,488 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rising Sun-Lebanon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rising Sun-Lebanon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.