Anchor, IL
Anchor wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Anchor lands at the 0th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 131 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Anchor's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 0th percentile nationally.
Anchor's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 11.5% of Anchor's 131 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 88.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Anchor against the rest of the country
Anchor's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (2nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (0th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Anchor ranks 31,474 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,659 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,417 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Anchor and the insurance market
At the 0th national percentile, Anchor rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 88.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Anchor gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Anchor's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 131 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Anchor. The exposure-zones guide covers what Anchor's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.