Barrington Hills, IL
Barrington Hills, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Barrington Hills lands at the 31st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,803 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Barrington Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Barrington Hills's buildings actually sit
Of Barrington Hills's 2,803 counted buildings, 94.9% carry Direct exposure and only 4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Barrington Hills against the rest of the country
Barrington Hills's 81st-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 31st 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, Barrington Hills ranks 21,862 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,760 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 280 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Barrington Hills and the insurance market
Barrington Hills's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Barrington Hills's 94.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Barrington Hills's 31st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Barrington Hills, see the exposure-zones guide.