Emington, IL
Emington, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Emington at the 1st national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 91 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Emington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Where Emington's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 89% of Emington's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 11% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Emington against the rest of the country
Emington's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (9th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Emington ranks 31,226 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,441 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,318 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Emington
At the 1st national percentile, Emington 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 Emington
With 89% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Emington 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Emington's 31,226-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Emington, see the exposure-zones guide.