Wilmington Manor, DE
Wilmington Manor wildfire risk explained
Wilmington Manor sits at the 40th 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 3,053 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wilmington Manor at the 39th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Where Wilmington Manor's buildings actually sit
Only 3% of Wilmington Manor's 3,053 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 97% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Wilmington Manor compares
There's little gap between Wilmington Manor's 40th national percentile and its 50th percentile inside Delaware, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilmington Manor ranks 18,837 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,352 by building count (1 is largest). Within Delaware alone, it ranks 40 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
Wilmington Manor'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 Wilmington Manor
With 97% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wilmington Manor gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Wilmington Manor's figures come from
Wilmington Manor's 40th-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 Wilmington Manor's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.