Marley, IL
How exposed is Marley to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Marley at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 74 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Marley rates 78.4% Minimal exposure against just 21.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 74 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Marley ranks
Marley's 86th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 34th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marley ranks 20,728 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,123 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 209 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marley
At the 34th national percentile, Marley rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Marley's 78.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Marley's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 74 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marley. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marley's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.