Glasgow, IL
Glasgow, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Glasgow at the 30th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 135 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glasgow at the 31st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Glasgow's buildings actually sit
74.1% of Glasgow's 135 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 25.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Glasgow against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Glasgow ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glasgow ranks 22,148 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,486 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 299 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
Glasgow's moderate wildfire rating (30th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 74.1% of Glasgow's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 135 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glasgow. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glasgow, see the exposure-zones guide.