Argenta, IL
Argenta, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Argenta lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 603 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Argenta at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Argenta's buildings actually sit
94.5% of Argenta's 603 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 5.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Argenta against the rest of the country
Compare Argenta's two percentiles: 36th within Illinois, only 8th nationally — a gap of 29 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Argenta ranks 29,143 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,798 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 918 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Argenta
At the 8th national percentile, Argenta rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Argenta
Argenta's 94.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Argenta's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 603 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Argenta. The exposure-zones guide covers what Argenta's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.