Buckingham, IL
Buckingham, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Buckingham 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 192 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Buckingham at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Buckingham's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Buckingham's buildings (83.3% of 192) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Buckingham compares
Buckingham's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buckingham ranks 31,065 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,155 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,273 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Buckingham and the insurance market
Buckingham'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.
Hardening a home in Buckingham
With 83.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Buckingham gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 192 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Buckingham. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Buckingham, see the exposure-zones guide.