Evansville, IL
Evansville wildfire risk explained
Evansville sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 475 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Evansville at the 12th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Evansville (90.7% of 475 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 9.3% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Evansville ranks
Evansville's 47th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 12th 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, Evansville ranks 27,726 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,795 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 771 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 12th national percentile, Evansville 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 Evansville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Evansville (90.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Evansville's 27,726-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Evansville, see the exposure-zones guide.