East Peoria, IL
East Peoria wildfire risk explained
USFS scores East Peoria at the 18th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 12,133 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Peoria's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of East Peoria's buildings (60% of 12,133) 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. At 12,133 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How East Peoria compares
Compare East Peoria's two percentiles: 58th within Illinois, only 18th nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Peoria ranks 25,928 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,284 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 607 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Peoria
East Peoria's low rating (18th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in East Peoria
East Peoria's 60% 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 East Peoria's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Peoria's 25,928-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Peoria's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.