East Hazel Crest, IL
How exposed is East Hazel Crest to wildfire?
USFS scores East Hazel Crest at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 678 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Hazel Crest's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of East Hazel Crest's buildings (98.5% of 678) 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 East Hazel Crest compares
East Hazel Crest's 85th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 34th 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, East Hazel Crest ranks 20,884 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,880 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 217 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Hazel Crest
East Hazel Crest's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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
Even with 98.5% of East Hazel Crest outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
East Hazel Crest's 34th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond East Hazel Crest, see the exposure-zones guide.