Fithian, IL
Fithian wildfire risk explained
Fithian's 397 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fithian at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Fithian's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 97.7% of Fithian's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 2.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Fithian ranks
Fithian's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fithian ranks 31,034 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,261 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,268 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fithian
Fithian's low rating (2nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Fithian
Even with 97.7% of Fithian outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 397 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fithian. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Fithian, see the exposure-zones guide.