Kingston Mines, IL
Kingston Mines, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Kingston Mines lands at the 19th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 232 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kingston Mines's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
Where Kingston Mines's buildings actually sit
Most of Kingston Mines's buildings (82.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Kingston Mines against the rest of the country
Kingston Mines's 59th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 19th 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, Kingston Mines ranks 25,676 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,730 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 592 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 19th national percentile, Kingston Mines rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Kingston Mines (82.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Kingston Mines's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Kingston Mines, see the exposure-zones guide.