No statewide construction book — sourced · state briefing
Delaware
Program and modelNo adopted WUI code we can source here. IBHS Wildfire Prepared asks for the inspection measures, and the 2024 IWUIC model says the same floor.
756plant records
2026-08-26last verified
Delaware legislates construction by county option — 16 Del. C. § 7601 lets counties adopt building codes, § 7602 sets the statewide energy code — and neither statute is a wildfire book. What applies to your house rests on the model floor and the national programs.
No county has a sourced wildfire construction application, and what we can't tell you yet says so without embellishment.
For a small state the plant file is large: 756 records documented across USDA half-zones 7a through 8a, 171 flagged invasive or noxious. Living here does the sorting.
What applies in Delaware
Delaware does not adopt a statewide WUI construction book. 16 Del. C. § 7601 lets counties adopt building, plumbing, and electrical codes. § 7602 is the statewide energy-conservation code. IWUIC is not those statutes. Confirm with the building official.
State distribution, native range, invasive status, hardiness, and fire evidence answer different questions. None is a planting approval. The list itself is on Grow — this page carries the aggregates.
For Delaware Firewise committees, fire districts, and HOA architectural
committees. The frame stays current as the evidence does, so it does not
go stale the way a copied PDF does. Free to use with the attribution line
below, which the snippet already includes.
<iframe src="https://fireapproved.com/embed/plants/delaware/" title="Delaware wildfire plant table" width="100%" height="900" loading="lazy" style="border:1px solid #ddd"></iframe>
<p>Plant table from <a href="https://fireapproved.com/places/delaware/">FireApproved.com</a>, cited to its sources. Not a planting approval.</p>