Cypress, IL
How exposed is Cypress to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Cypress at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 212 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cypress at the 49th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
71.7% of Cypress's 212 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Cypress compares
Cypress's 97th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 46th 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, Cypress ranks 17,108 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,393 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 52 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Cypress and the insurance market
Cypress's elevated rating (46th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Cypress (71.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Cypress's figures come from
Cypress's 46th-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 Cypress's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.