Cordova, IL
Cordova wildfire risk explained
Cordova sits at the 37th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 459 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cordova's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Cordova's building exposure, zone by zone
Cordova rates 48.4% Minimal exposure against just 11.3% Direct and 40.3% Indirect — of 459 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Cordova against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Cordova ranks higher (89th percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cordova ranks 19,817 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,075 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 156 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Cordova and the insurance market
Cordova's moderate rating (37th 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
Cordova's 48.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 459 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cordova. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Cordova, see the exposure-zones guide.