De Pue, IL
De Pue, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores De Pue at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 897 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks De Pue at the 32nd national percentile — 1 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
86% of De Pue's 897 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 13.8% Direct and 0.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where De Pue ranks
De Pue's 82nd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 32nd 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, De Pue ranks 21,578 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,743 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 265 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
De Pue and the insurance market
De Pue's moderate rating (32nd 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
Because 86% of De Pue'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 897 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for De Pue. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond De Pue, see the exposure-zones guide.