North Barrington, IL
North Barrington, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
North Barrington's 1,386 buildings earn a 31st-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Barrington at the 32nd percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
North Barrington's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in North Barrington: 68.5% of its 1,386 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 31.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How North Barrington compares
Within Illinois, North Barrington ranks higher (81st percentile) than it does nationally (31st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Barrington ranks 21,894 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,686 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 282 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 31st national percentile, North Barrington rates moderate 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 68.5% of North Barrington 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
North Barrington's 31st-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 North Barrington, see the exposure-zones guide.