Argyle, IL
How exposed is Argyle to wildfire?
Argyle's 220 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Argyle's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
Where Argyle's buildings actually sit
Of Argyle's 220 counted buildings, 70% carry Direct exposure and only 29.6% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Argyle compares
Argyle's 48th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 13th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Argyle ranks 27,569 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,116 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 756 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 13th national percentile, Argyle 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Argyle (70%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Argyle's figures come from
Argyle's 13th-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 Argyle's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.