Keensburg, IL
Keensburg wildfire risk explained
Keensburg's 162 buildings earn a 3rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Keensburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 3rd percentile nationally.
Keensburg's building exposure, zone by zone
74.7% of Keensburg's 162 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 25.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Keensburg compares
Keensburg's 18th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 3rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Keensburg ranks 30,688 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,326 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,188 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Keensburg
Keensburg's low rating (3rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 74.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Keensburg gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 162 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Keensburg. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Keensburg, see the exposure-zones guide.