Elizabethtown, IL
Elizabethtown wildfire risk explained
Elizabethtown's 313 buildings earn a 47th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Elizabethtown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Where Elizabethtown's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 58.2% of Elizabethtown's 313 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 41.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Elizabethtown ranks
Within Illinois, Elizabethtown ranks higher (97th percentile) than it does nationally (47th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Elizabethtown ranks 16,854 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,278 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 43 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 58.2% of Elizabethtown'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 313 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Elizabethtown. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Elizabethtown, see the exposure-zones guide.