Emden, IL
Emden wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Emden lands at the 0th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 362 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Emden at the 0th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Emden's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Emden's buildings (96.7% of 362) 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.
Where Emden ranks
There's little gap between Emden's 0th national percentile and its 0th percentile inside Illinois, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Emden ranks 31,509 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,014 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,435 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Emden
At the 0th national percentile, Emden rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Emden 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
Emden's 0th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Emden, see the exposure-zones guide.