Norridge, IL
Norridge, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Norridge's 8,330 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Norridge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Norridge's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Norridge's 8,330 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 8,330 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Norridge against the rest of the country
Compare Norridge's two percentiles: 86th within Illinois, only 34th nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Norridge ranks 20,729 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,998 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 210 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Norridge and the insurance market
Norridge's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Norridge
Norridge's 100% 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 Norridge's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 8,330 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Norridge. The exposure-zones guide covers what Norridge's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.