Seaford, DE
Seaford, DE's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Seaford's 2,813 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Seaford at the 53rd percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Seaford's building exposure, zone by zone
89.1% of Seaford's 2,813 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Seaford against the rest of the country
Seaford's 87th-percentile standing inside Delaware outpaces its 53rd 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, Seaford ranks 14,833 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,734 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 11 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Seaford's elevated rating (53rd 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 Seaford
Seaford's 89.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Seaford's 53rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Seaford, see the exposure-zones guide.