Burr Ridge, IL
Burr Ridge, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Burr Ridge sits at the 41st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,469 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Burr Ridge at the 43rd percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Where Burr Ridge's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 90% of Burr Ridge's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 7.6% Direct and 2.4% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Burr Ridge ranks
Within Illinois, Burr Ridge ranks higher (93rd percentile) than it does nationally (41st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burr Ridge ranks 18,713 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,820 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 102 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Burr Ridge and the insurance market
Burr Ridge's elevated rating (41st 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 Burr Ridge
Burr Ridge's 90% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,469 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Burr Ridge. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Burr Ridge, see the exposure-zones guide.