Armington, IL
Armington, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Armington lands at the 5th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 272 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Armington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 5th percentile nationally.
Where Armington's buildings actually sit
Most of Armington's buildings (86.8% of 272) 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.
Where Armington ranks
Compare Armington's two percentiles: 28th within Illinois, only 5th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Armington ranks 29,962 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,437 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,034 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Armington and the insurance market
Armington's low wildfire rating (5th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Armington's 86.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 272 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Armington. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Armington, see the exposure-zones guide.