Mansfield, IL
Mansfield wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mansfield at the 0th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 681 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mansfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 0th percentile nationally.
Where Mansfield's buildings actually sit
Most of Mansfield's buildings (94.7% of 681) 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.
How Mansfield compares
Mansfield's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (4th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (0th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mansfield ranks 31,420 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,846 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,394 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Mansfield and the insurance market
Mansfield's low wildfire rating (0th 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 Mansfield
Even with 94.7% of Mansfield 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.
Where Mansfield's figures come from
Mansfield's 0th-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 Mansfield's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.