Kaneville, IL
How exposed is Kaneville to wildfire?
Kaneville sits at the 7th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 250 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kaneville at the 6th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Kaneville rates 82.4% Minimal exposure against just 17.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 250 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Kaneville ranks
Compare Kaneville's two percentiles: 34th within Illinois, only 7th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kaneville ranks 29,368 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,135 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 952 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kaneville
At the 7th national percentile, Kaneville 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 Kaneville
Even with 82.4% of Kaneville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Kaneville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 250 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kaneville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kaneville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.