Du Bois, IL
How exposed is Du Bois to wildfire?
Du Bois's 213 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Du Bois at the 16th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Du Bois's buildings actually sit
74.7% of Du Bois's 213 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 23.9% Direct and 1.4% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Du Bois against the rest of the country
Compare Du Bois's two percentiles: 54th within Illinois, only 16th nationally — a gap of 38 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Du Bois ranks 26,623 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,358 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 666 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Du Bois
Du Bois's low wildfire rating (16th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 74.7% of Du Bois'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 Du Bois's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 213 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Du Bois. The exposure-zones guide covers what Du Bois's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.