Golconda, IL
Golconda, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Golconda at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 453 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Golconda at the 49th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Golconda's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Golconda's buildings (76.6%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Golconda against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Golconda ranks higher (97th percentile) than it does nationally (46th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Golconda ranks 17,075 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,211 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 50 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Golconda
At the 46th national percentile, Golconda rates elevated 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
Because 76.6% of Golconda'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
Golconda's 46th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Golconda, see the exposure-zones guide.