Nashville, IL
How exposed is Nashville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Nashville lands at the 5th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,110 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Nashville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 5th percentile nationally.
Nashville's building exposure, zone by zone
88.1% of Nashville's 2,110 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 8.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Nashville ranks
Nashville's 30th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 5th 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, Nashville ranks 29,875 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,164 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,021 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Nashville and the insurance market
Nashville's low rating (5th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Nashville's 88.1% 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 Nashville's figures come from
Nashville's 5th-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 Nashville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.