Green Oaks, IL
How exposed is Green Oaks to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Green Oaks at the 30th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,605 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Green Oaks's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
49.3% of Green Oaks's 1,605 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 791 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 17% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 33.7% are Minimal.
Green Oaks against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Green Oaks ranks higher (80th percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Green Oaks ranks 21,957 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,749 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 285 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Green Oaks
Green Oaks's moderate rating (30th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Green Oaks (49.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Green Oaks's 30th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Green Oaks, see the exposure-zones guide.