Mahomet, IL
How exposed is Mahomet to wildfire?
Mahomet sits at the 8th 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 3,576 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mahomet's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Where Mahomet's buildings actually sit
69.9% of Mahomet's 3,576 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.2% Direct and 15.9% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Mahomet compares
Within Illinois, Mahomet ranks higher (37th percentile) than it does nationally (8th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mahomet ranks 29,019 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,684 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 904 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 8th national percentile, Mahomet 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 Mahomet
Because 69.9% of Mahomet's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Mahomet's 8th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mahomet, see the exposure-zones guide.