Lake Petersburg, IL
Lake Petersburg, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lake Petersburg lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 447 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lake Petersburg at the 18th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lake Petersburg's buildings actually sit
73.6% of Lake Petersburg's 447 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Lake Petersburg compares
Within Illinois, Lake Petersburg ranks higher (56th percentile) than it does nationally (17th) — 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 Petersburg ranks 26,119 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,327 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 630 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 17th national percentile, Lake Petersburg 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 Petersburg
Lake Petersburg's 73.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Lake Petersburg's figures come from
Lake Petersburg's 17th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lake Petersburg's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.