Harristown, IL
Harristown, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Harristown at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 911 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Harristown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Harristown's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Harristown: 35.9% of its 911 buildings, versus 32.4% Indirect and 31.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Harristown compares
Compare Harristown's two percentiles: 65th within Illinois, only 22nd nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harristown ranks 24,666 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,628 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 503 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Harristown and the insurance market
Harristown's moderate rating (22nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Harristown
Harristown's 35.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Harristown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 911 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Harristown. The exposure-zones guide covers what Harristown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.