Glen Ellyn, IL
Glen Ellyn, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Glen Ellyn at the 25th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 9,376 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glen Ellyn at the 26th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Glen Ellyn's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Glen Ellyn's buildings (94.3% of 9,376) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 9,376 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Glen Ellyn compares
Within Illinois, Glen Ellyn ranks higher (71st percentile) than it does nationally (25th) — 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 Ellyn ranks 23,599 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,748 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 414 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
At the 25th national percentile, Glen Ellyn rates moderate 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
Even with 94.3% of Glen Ellyn 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 Ellyn's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glen Ellyn's 23,599-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glen Ellyn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.