Cameron, IL
How exposed is Cameron to wildfire?
Cameron sits at the 5th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 178 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cameron's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 5th percentile nationally.
Cameron's building exposure, zone by zone
92.7% of Cameron's 178 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 7.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Cameron ranks
Compare Cameron's two percentiles: 28th within Illinois, only 5th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cameron ranks 29,996 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,707 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,044 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cameron
Cameron's low wildfire rating (5th 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 Cameron
Even with 92.7% of Cameron outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cameron's figures come from
Cameron's 5th-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 Cameron's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.