Lindenhurst, IL
Lindenhurst wildfire risk explained
Lindenhurst sits at the 36th 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 5,137 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lindenhurst at the 37th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
84.8% of Lindenhurst's 5,137 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 5,137 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Lindenhurst compares
Within Illinois, Lindenhurst ranks higher (88th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lindenhurst ranks 20,319 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,360 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 182 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
Lindenhurst's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lindenhurst
With 84.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lindenhurst gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Lindenhurst's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,137 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lindenhurst. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lindenhurst's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.