Papineau, IL
Papineau wildfire risk explained
Papineau's 134 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Papineau at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Papineau's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 84.3% of Papineau's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 15.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Papineau against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Papineau's 2nd national percentile and its 16th percentile inside Illinois, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Papineau ranks 30,821 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,531 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,220 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Papineau and the insurance market
At the 2nd national percentile, Papineau rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Papineau
Papineau's 84.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 134 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Papineau. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Papineau, see the exposure-zones guide.