Burtons Bridge, IL
Burtons Bridge, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Burtons Bridge at the 37th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 122 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Burtons Bridge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.2% of Burtons Bridge's 122 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 24.6% Direct and 8.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Burtons Bridge ranks
Burtons Bridge's 89th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 37th 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, Burtons Bridge ranks 19,846 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,053 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 157 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Burtons Bridge and the insurance market
Burtons Bridge's moderate wildfire rating (37th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Burtons Bridge
Burtons Bridge's 67.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 122 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Burtons Bridge. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Burtons Bridge, see the exposure-zones guide.