New Douglas, IL
New Douglas wildfire risk explained
USFS scores New Douglas at the 4th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 281 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Douglas at the 4th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
New Douglas's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 81.1% of New Douglas's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 18.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How New Douglas compares
Compare New Douglas's two percentiles: 25th within Illinois, only 4th nationally — a gap of 21 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Douglas ranks 30,185 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,148 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,091 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
New Douglas and the insurance market
At the 4th national percentile, New Douglas 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
New Douglas's 81.1% 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 New Douglas's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Douglas's 30,185-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Douglas's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.