Browns, IL
How exposed is Browns to wildfire?
Browns sits at the 1st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 142 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Browns's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Browns's building exposure, zone by zone
Browns rates 79.6% Minimal exposure against just 20.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 142 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Browns ranks
Browns scores 1st nationally and 11th within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Browns ranks 31,096 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,197 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,284 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Browns and the insurance market
Browns's low rating (1st 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
Even with 79.6% of Browns outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Browns's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 142 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Browns. The exposure-zones guide covers what Browns's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.