Donovan, IL
Donovan, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Donovan lands at the 1st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 250 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Donovan at the 1st national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Donovan's buildings actually sit
Most of Donovan's buildings (85.2% of 250) 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.
How Donovan compares
Donovan scores 1st nationally and 6th within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Donovan ranks 31,320 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,134 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,350 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Donovan
At the 1st national percentile, Donovan rates low 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
Donovan's 85.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Donovan's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Donovan's 31,320-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Donovan's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.