Kangley, IL
Kangley, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Kangley sits at the 22nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 186 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kangley at the 24th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Kangley's building exposure, zone by zone
Kangley rates 85% Minimal exposure against just 15.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 186 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Kangley ranks
Within Illinois, Kangley ranks higher (66th percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kangley ranks 24,447 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,383 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 488 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Kangley and the insurance market
Kangley's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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 Kangley
With 85% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Kangley gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Kangley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 186 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Kangley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kangley's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.