Alexander, IL
Alexander wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Alexander at the 0th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 174 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alexander's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 0th percentile nationally.
Alexander's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Alexander's buildings (94.8% of 174) 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.
Alexander against the rest of the country
Alexander scores 0th nationally and 4th within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alexander ranks 31,381 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,849 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,372 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Alexander and the insurance market
At the 0th national percentile, Alexander rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 94.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Alexander gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Alexander's 0th-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 Alexander, see the exposure-zones guide.