Junction City, IL
Junction City, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Junction City at the 13th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 338 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Junction City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
37.6% of Junction City's 338 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 35.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Junction City ranks
Within Illinois, Junction City ranks higher (49th percentile) than it does nationally (13th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Junction City ranks 27,443 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,622 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 744 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Junction City and the insurance market
At the 13th national percentile, Junction City rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Junction City
Junction City's 37.6% 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 338 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Junction City. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Junction City, see the exposure-zones guide.