Hawthorn Woods, IL
Hawthorn Woods wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Hawthorn Woods at the 30th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 3,166 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hawthorn Woods at the 32nd percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Where Hawthorn Woods's buildings actually sit
64.7% of Hawthorn Woods's 3,166 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 35.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Hawthorn Woods ranks
Within Illinois, Hawthorn Woods ranks higher (79th 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, Hawthorn Woods ranks 22,211 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,209 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 307 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Hawthorn Woods and the insurance market
Hawthorn Woods'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
Hawthorn Woods's 64.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Hawthorn Woods's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,166 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hawthorn Woods. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hawthorn Woods's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.