Nora, IL
Nora wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Nora at the 2nd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 164 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nora at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Nora's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 75% of Nora's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 25% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Nora ranks
Nora scores 2nd nationally and 15th within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nora ranks 30,882 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,244 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,232 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Nora and the insurance market
At the 2nd national percentile, Nora rates low 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 75% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Nora gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Nora's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 164 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Nora. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nora's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.