Lake Camelot, IL
Lake Camelot wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lake Camelot at the 19th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 785 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lake Camelot at the 19th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lake Camelot (59.8% of 785 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 38.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Lake Camelot ranks
Within Illinois, Lake Camelot ranks higher (59th percentile) than it does nationally (19th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Camelot ranks 25,645 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,764 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 591 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Camelot
At the 19th national percentile, Lake Camelot 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 Lake Camelot
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lake Camelot (59.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lake Camelot's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lake Camelot's 25,645-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lake Camelot's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.