Elliott, IL
Elliott, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Elliott's 252 buildings earn a 0th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Elliott at the 0th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Elliott's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 92.9% of Elliott's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 7.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Elliott ranks
Elliott scores 0th nationally and 4th 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, Elliott ranks 31,416 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,070 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,390 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Elliott and the insurance market
At the 0th national percentile, Elliott rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 92.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Elliott 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 252 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Elliott. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Elliott, see the exposure-zones guide.