Hindsboro, IL
How exposed is Hindsboro to wildfire?
Hindsboro sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 298 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hindsboro at the 2nd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
Where Hindsboro's buildings actually sit
90.6% of Hindsboro's 298 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Hindsboro against the rest of the country
Hindsboro scores 2nd nationally and 13th within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hindsboro ranks 31,005 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,258 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Hindsboro and the insurance market
At the 2nd national percentile, Hindsboro rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 90.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hindsboro gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Hindsboro's figures come from
Hindsboro's 2nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hindsboro's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.