Glenview, IL
How exposed is Glenview to wildfire?
Glenview sits at the 24th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 15,366 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glenview at the 27th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Glenview's building exposure, zone by zone
96.9% of Glenview's 15,366 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 3.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 15,366 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Glenview ranks
Within Illinois, Glenview ranks higher (69th percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glenview ranks 24,004 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 961 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 451 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Glenview and the insurance market
Glenview's moderate wildfire rating (24th 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
Even with 96.9% of Glenview 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 Glenview's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glenview's 24,004-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glenview's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.