Frankfort Square, IL
How exposed is Frankfort Square to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Frankfort Square lands at the 44th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,986 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Frankfort Square's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Frankfort Square's building exposure, zone by zone
Frankfort Square rates 99.4% Minimal exposure against just 0.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 2,986 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Frankfort Square ranks
Within Illinois, Frankfort Square ranks higher (95th percentile) than it does nationally (44th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frankfort Square ranks 17,796 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,458 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 68 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
Frankfort Square's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Frankfort Square's 99.4% 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 Frankfort Square's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,986 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Frankfort Square. The exposure-zones guide covers what Frankfort Square's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.