Forest Park, IL
How exposed is Forest Park to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Forest Park at the 38th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 4,757 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Forest Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
99.9% of Forest Park's 4,757 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Forest Park against the rest of the country
Forest Park's 91st-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 38th 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, Forest Park ranks 19,440 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,588 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 135 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Forest Park
At the 38th national percentile, Forest Park rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Forest Park gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Forest Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,757 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Forest Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Forest Park's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.