Bonnie, IL
Bonnie wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Bonnie at the 19th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 292 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bonnie's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Bonnie's buildings actually sit
292 buildings are counted in Bonnie, and 62.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 37.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Bonnie compares
Bonnie's 61st-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 19th 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, Bonnie ranks 25,424 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,847 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 572 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Bonnie and the insurance market
Bonnie's low rating (19th 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
Because 62.3% of Bonnie'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.
More on how this number was built
Bonnie's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bonnie, see the exposure-zones guide.