Odell, IL
Odell, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Odell at the 2nd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 661 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Odell at the 3rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Odell's building exposure, zone by zone
89.7% of Odell's 661 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Odell ranks
Odell's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (17th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Odell ranks 30,754 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,046 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,202 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Odell and the insurance market
Odell's low wildfire rating (2nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Odell's 89.7% 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 Odell's figures come from
Odell's 2nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Odell's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.