Dallas City, IL
How exposed is Dallas City to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dallas City lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 732 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dallas City at the 30th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
78.1% of Dallas City's 732 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 20.8% Direct and 1.1% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Dallas City ranks
Dallas City's 79th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 30th 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, Dallas City ranks 22,180 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,306 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 303 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
At the 30th national percentile, Dallas City rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 78.1% of Dallas City's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Dallas City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 732 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dallas City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dallas City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.