El Paso, IL
How exposed is El Paso to wildfire?
El Paso sits at the 1st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,572 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, El Paso's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Where El Paso's buildings actually sit
Most of El Paso's buildings (96.8% of 1,572) 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.
El Paso against the rest of the country
El Paso 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, El Paso ranks 31,322 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,877 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,352 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in El Paso
El Paso's low rating (1st 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
El Paso's 96.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,572 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for El Paso. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond El Paso, see the exposure-zones guide.