Mossville, IL
How exposed is Mossville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mossville at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 251 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mossville at the 19th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Mossville's buildings actually sit
Most of Mossville's buildings (81.3%) 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.
Mossville against the rest of the country
Compare Mossville's two percentiles: 58th within Illinois, only 18th nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mossville ranks 25,960 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,099 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 612 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Mossville and the insurance market
Mossville's low rating (18th 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 Mossville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Mossville (81.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Mossville's figures come from
Mossville's 18th-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 Mossville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.