New Burnside, IL
New Burnside wildfire risk explained
New Burnside's 164 buildings earn a 50th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Burnside's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
New Burnside's building exposure, zone by zone
164 buildings are counted in New Burnside, and 59.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where New Burnside ranks
Compare New Burnside's two percentiles: 98th within Illinois, only 50th nationally — a gap of 48 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Burnside ranks 15,688 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,243 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 26 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
New Burnside and the insurance market
At the 50th national percentile, New Burnside rates elevated 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 59.2% of New Burnside in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
New Burnside's 50th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Burnside, see the exposure-zones guide.