Glen Carbon, IL
Glen Carbon, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Glen Carbon sits at the 8th 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 5,182 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glen Carbon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Glen Carbon's building exposure, zone by zone
77.5% of Glen Carbon's 5,182 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 22.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 5,182 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Glen Carbon against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Glen Carbon ranks higher (37th percentile) than it does nationally (8th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glen Carbon ranks 29,115 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,321 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 916 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glen Carbon
At the 8th national percentile, Glen Carbon rates low 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
Even with 77.5% of Glen Carbon outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Glen Carbon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glen Carbon's 29,115-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glen Carbon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.