Eldorado, IL
How exposed is Eldorado to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Eldorado at the 14th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,626 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Eldorado's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Eldorado's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 88.7% of Eldorado's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 11.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Eldorado compares
Eldorado's 52nd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 14th 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, Eldorado ranks 27,063 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,057 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 702 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 14th national percentile, Eldorado rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Eldorado
With 88.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Eldorado gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,626 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eldorado. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Eldorado, see the exposure-zones guide.