Hampshire, IL
Hampshire wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hampshire lands at the 10th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,588 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 Hampshire at the 10th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Where Hampshire's buildings actually sit
Hampshire rates 90.2% Minimal exposure against just 9.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 2,588 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Hampshire ranks
Within Illinois, Hampshire ranks higher (44th percentile) than it does nationally (10th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hampshire ranks 28,324 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,123 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 818 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hampshire
Hampshire's low wildfire rating (10th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 90.2% of Hampshire 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 Hampshire's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,588 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hampshire. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hampshire's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.