Good Hope, IL
Good Hope wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Good Hope lands at the 2nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 301 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Good Hope at the 2nd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Good Hope's buildings (97% of 301) 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.
Good Hope against the rest of the country
Good Hope's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (13th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Good Hope ranks 31,003 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,595 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,256 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 2nd national percentile, Good Hope 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 97% of Good Hope 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.
More on how this number was built
Good Hope's 2nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Good Hope, see the exposure-zones guide.