Brookport, IL
How exposed is Brookport to wildfire?
Brookport's 603 buildings earn a 30th-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 Brookport at the 31st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Brookport's building exposure, zone by zone
603 buildings are counted in Brookport, and 62% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 38% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Brookport compares
Compare Brookport's two percentiles: 79th within Illinois, only 30th nationally — a gap of 50 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brookport ranks 22,179 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,799 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 302 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
At the 30th national percentile, Brookport rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Brookport
Brookport's 62% 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 Brookport's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 603 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brookport. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brookport's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.