St. Georges, DE
How exposed is St. Georges to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, St. Georges lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 752 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks St. Georges at the 40th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
St. Georges's building exposure, zone by zone
Of St. Georges's 752 counted buildings, 49.9% carry Direct exposure and only 9.7% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where St. Georges ranks
St. Georges scores 40th nationally and 51st within Delaware — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Georges ranks 18,805 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,099 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 39 of 79 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Delaware on its state page.
St. Georges and the insurance market
St. Georges's elevated rating (40th 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 St. Georges
Because Direct exposure dominates in St. Georges (49.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 752 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for St. Georges. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond St. Georges, see the exposure-zones guide.