Bushnell, IL
Bushnell wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bushnell at the 1st national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,938 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bushnell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Bushnell rates 98.1% Minimal exposure against just 1.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,938 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Bushnell against the rest of the country
Bushnell 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, Bushnell ranks 31,066 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,651 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,274 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bushnell
Bushnell'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 Bushnell
With 98.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bushnell gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Bushnell's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bushnell's 31,066-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bushnell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.