Fairview, IL
Fairview wildfire risk explained
Fairview sits at the 30th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 430 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fairview's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 29th percentile nationally.
Fairview's building exposure, zone by zone
92.1% of Fairview's 430 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 7.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Fairview against the rest of the country
Fairview's 79th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 30th 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, Fairview ranks 22,210 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,640 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 306 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Fairview and the insurance market
At the 30th national percentile, Fairview rates moderate 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 Fairview
Fairview's 92.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Fairview's 22,210-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fairview, see the exposure-zones guide.