Grandview, IL
Grandview, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Grandview at the 14th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,003 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Grandview at the 15th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Grandview's building exposure, zone by zone
99.6% of Grandview's 1,003 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Grandview against the rest of the country
Compare Grandview's two percentiles: 51st within Illinois, only 14th nationally — a gap of 37 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grandview ranks 27,189 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,909 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 713 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
Grandview's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 99.6% of Grandview 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 Grandview's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grandview's 27,189-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grandview's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.