Maquon, IL
Maquon, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Maquon sits at the 14th 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 230 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Maquon at the 14th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Maquon's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Maquon's buildings (73%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Maquon against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Maquon ranks higher (52nd percentile) than it does nationally (14th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Maquon ranks 26,937 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,788 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 690 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 14th national percentile, Maquon rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Maquon (73% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Maquon's 14th-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 Maquon, see the exposure-zones guide.