Livingston, IL
Livingston, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Livingston sits at the 13th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 584 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Livingston at the 13th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Where Livingston's buildings actually sit
Most of Livingston's buildings (77.7% of 584) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Livingston ranks
Compare Livingston's two percentiles: 48th within Illinois, only 13th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Livingston ranks 27,505 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,044 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 751 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Livingston
Livingston's low wildfire rating (13th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Livingston
With 77.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Livingston gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Livingston's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Livingston's 27,505-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Livingston's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.