Nachusa, IL
How exposed is Nachusa to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Nachusa at the 4th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 136 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Nachusa's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Nachusa's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 80.9% of Nachusa's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 19.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Nachusa compares
Within Illinois, Nachusa ranks higher (24th percentile) than it does nationally (4th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nachusa ranks 30,215 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,435 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,096 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nachusa
At the 4th national percentile, Nachusa 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
Even with 80.9% of Nachusa 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.
Where Nachusa's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Nachusa's 30,215-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nachusa's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.