Long Lake, IL
Long Lake wildfire risk explained
Long Lake's 1,869 buildings earn a 33rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Long Lake at the 34th 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
86.7% of Long Lake's 1,869 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 13.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Long Lake compares
Within Illinois, Long Lake ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Long Lake ranks 21,235 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,850 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 242 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Long Lake
Long Lake's moderate rating (33rd 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 Long Lake
Even with 86.7% of Long Lake outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,869 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Long Lake. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Long Lake, see the exposure-zones guide.