Camden, IL
Camden, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Camden lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 94 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Camden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Where Camden's buildings actually sit
Most of Camden's buildings (80.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Camden against the rest of the country
Compare Camden's two percentiles: 55th within Illinois, only 16th nationally — a gap of 39 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Camden ranks 26,431 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,303 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 653 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Camden
At the 16th national percentile, Camden rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Camden
Because 80.9% of Camden's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Camden's figures come from
Camden's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Camden's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.