Gibson City, IL
Gibson City, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Gibson City sits at the 2nd 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 2,258 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gibson City at the 3rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Gibson City's buildings actually sit
Only 1.6% of Gibson City's 2,258 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 98.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Gibson City compares
There's little gap between Gibson City's 2nd national percentile and its 16th percentile inside Illinois, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gibson City ranks 30,783 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,799 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,207 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gibson City
At the 2nd national percentile, Gibson City rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 98.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Gibson City gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Gibson City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,258 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gibson City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gibson City's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.