Rodney Village, DE
How exposed is Rodney Village to wildfire?
Rodney Village's 493 buildings earn a 31st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rodney Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Rodney Village's buildings (93.5% of 493) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Rodney Village ranks
Rodney Village's risk sits at a similar level relative to Delaware (21st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (31st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rodney Village ranks 21,704 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,469 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 63 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rodney Village
Rodney Village's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Rodney Village
Even with 93.5% of Rodney Village outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Rodney Village's figures come from
Rodney Village'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 Rodney Village's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.