Basco, IL
Basco, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Basco at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 109 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Basco at the 18th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Basco rates 97.3% Minimal exposure against just 2.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 109 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Basco ranks
Compare Basco's two percentiles: 59th within Illinois, only 18th nationally — a gap of 41 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Basco ranks 25,802 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,653 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 599 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Basco
Basco's low rating (18th 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
With 97.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Basco gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Basco's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 109 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Basco. The exposure-zones guide covers what Basco's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.