Hopkins Park, IL
How exposed is Hopkins Park to wildfire?
Hopkins Park's 482 buildings earn a 29th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hopkins Park at the 28th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
Where Hopkins Park's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Hopkins Park: 90.5% of its 482 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 9.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Hopkins Park ranks
Hopkins Park's 78th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 29th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hopkins Park ranks 22,463 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,664 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 324 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hopkins Park
Hopkins Park's moderate wildfire rating (29th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 90.5% of Hopkins Park 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 Hopkins Park's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hopkins Park's 22,463-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hopkins Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.