Hopewell, IL
How exposed is Hopewell to wildfire?
USFS scores Hopewell at the 21st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 191 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hopewell at the 22nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Hopewell's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Hopewell: 100% of its 191 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Hopewell compares
Within Illinois, Hopewell ranks higher (64th percentile) than it does nationally (21st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hopewell ranks 24,892 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,193 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 524 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Hopewell and the insurance market
Hopewell's moderate wildfire rating (21st 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.
Hardening a home in Hopewell
With 100% of Hopewell in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Hopewell's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hopewell's 24,892-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hopewell's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.