Cornland, IL
Cornland wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Cornland at the 6th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 84 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cornland at the 6th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cornland's buildings actually sit
Most of Cornland's buildings (95.2% of 84) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Cornland ranks
Cornland's 32nd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 6th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cornland ranks 29,616 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,720 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 982 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Cornland and the insurance market
At the 6th national percentile, Cornland rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 95.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Cornland gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Cornland's figures come from
Cornland's 6th-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 Cornland's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.