Forsyth, IL
Forsyth, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Forsyth sits at the 3rd 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 1,732 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Forsyth's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Forsyth rates 87.8% Minimal exposure against just 12.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,732 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Forsyth ranks
Within Illinois, Forsyth ranks higher (21st percentile) than it does nationally (3rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forsyth ranks 30,500 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,295 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,141 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
Forsyth's low rating (3rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Forsyth's 87.8% 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 Forsyth's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Forsyth's 30,500-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Forsyth's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.