Kampsville, IL
How exposed is Kampsville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Kampsville lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 292 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kampsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Kampsville (60.6% of 292 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 38% sit in the Direct zone.
Kampsville against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Kampsville ranks higher (86th percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kampsville ranks 20,633 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,848 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 202 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kampsville
Kampsville's moderate wildfire rating (35th 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 Kampsville
Because 60.6% of Kampsville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 292 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kampsville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Kampsville, see the exposure-zones guide.