Merrionette Park, IL
Merrionette Park, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Merrionette Park's 1,037 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Merrionette Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Merrionette Park's 1,037 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Merrionette Park ranks
Within Illinois, Merrionette Park ranks higher (85th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Merrionette Park ranks 20,886 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,680 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 219 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Merrionette Park and the insurance market
Merrionette Park's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Merrionette Park
Even with 100% of Merrionette Park 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,037 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Merrionette Park. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Merrionette Park, see the exposure-zones guide.