Blandinsville, IL
Blandinsville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Blandinsville at the 10th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 599 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blandinsville at the 9th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Blandinsville's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Blandinsville (96.5% of 599 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 2.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Blandinsville against the rest of the country
Blandinsville's 42nd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 10th 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, Blandinsville ranks 28,482 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,849 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 837 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Blandinsville
Blandinsville's low rating (10th 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
Blandinsville's 96.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Blandinsville's figures come from
Blandinsville's 10th-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 Blandinsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.