Batchtown, IL
How exposed is Batchtown to wildfire?
Batchtown's 231 buildings earn a 35th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Batchtown at the 36th national percentile — 1 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
Indirect exposure is dominant in Batchtown (50.2% of 231 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 49.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Batchtown against the rest of the country
Compare Batchtown's two percentiles: 87th within Illinois, only 35th nationally — a gap of 52 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Batchtown ranks 20,478 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,760 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 192 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
Batchtown's moderate rating (35th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 50.2% of Batchtown's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Batchtown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 231 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Batchtown. The exposure-zones guide covers what Batchtown's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.