Ingalls Park, IL
How exposed is Ingalls Park to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ingalls Park lands at the 27th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,842 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ingalls Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 29th percentile nationally.
Where Ingalls Park's buildings actually sit
Ingalls Park rates 95.7% Minimal exposure against just 4.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,842 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Ingalls Park against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Ingalls Park ranks higher (76th percentile) than it does nationally (27th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ingalls Park ranks 22,968 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,939 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 355 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ingalls Park
Ingalls Park's moderate rating (27th 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
With 95.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Ingalls Park gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Ingalls Park's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ingalls Park's 22,968-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ingalls Park's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.