Meredosia, IL
How exposed is Meredosia to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Meredosia lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 679 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Meredosia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Where Meredosia's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Meredosia (97.8% of 679 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 2.1% sit in the Direct zone.
How Meredosia compares
Meredosia's 56th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 17th 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, Meredosia ranks 26,213 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,870 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 638 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Meredosia and the insurance market
At the 17th national percentile, Meredosia rates low 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Meredosia (97.8% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 679 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Meredosia. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Meredosia, see the exposure-zones guide.