Cable, IL
Cable, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Cable's 122 buildings earn a 42nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cable at the 43rd percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Where Cable's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Cable: 67.2% of its 122 buildings, versus 32.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Cable compares
Within Illinois, Cable ranks higher (94th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cable ranks 18,396 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,054 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 90 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Cable and the insurance market
Cable's elevated rating (42nd 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
With 67.2% of Cable in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Cable's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 122 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cable. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cable's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.