Carbon Cliff, IL
Carbon Cliff, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Carbon Cliff's 926 buildings earn a 33rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Carbon Cliff at the 35th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Where Carbon Cliff's buildings actually sit
80.2% of Carbon Cliff's 926 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 18.3% Direct and 1.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Carbon Cliff against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Carbon Cliff ranks higher (84th percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Carbon Cliff ranks 21,074 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,507 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 228 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Carbon Cliff and the insurance market
Carbon Cliff's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Carbon Cliff's 80.2% 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 926 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Carbon Cliff. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Carbon Cliff, see the exposure-zones guide.