Dahlgren, IL
Dahlgren, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dahlgren lands at the 9th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 411 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dahlgren at the 9th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Dahlgren rates 70.1% Minimal exposure against just 29.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 411 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Dahlgren against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Dahlgren ranks higher (41st percentile) than it does nationally (9th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dahlgren ranks 28,545 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 845 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Dahlgren's low wildfire rating (9th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 70.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dahlgren gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Dahlgren's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 411 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dahlgren. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dahlgren's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.