Enfield, IL
Enfield, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Enfield at the 13th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 490 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Enfield at the 13th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Enfield's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 71.6% of Enfield's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 28.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Enfield compares
Enfield's 48th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 13th 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, Enfield ranks 27,570 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,527 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 757 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 13th national percentile, Enfield 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 Enfield
Enfield's 71.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Enfield's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Enfield's 27,570-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Enfield's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.