Joslin, IL
Joslin, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Joslin at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 176 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Joslin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Where Joslin's buildings actually sit
Most of Joslin's buildings (49.4% of 176) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Joslin ranks
Compare Joslin's two percentiles: 56th within Illinois, only 17th nationally — a gap of 39 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Joslin ranks 26,246 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,774 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 641 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Joslin
At the 17th national percentile, Joslin rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Joslin's 49.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 176 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Joslin. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Joslin, see the exposure-zones guide.