Peotone, IL
How exposed is Peotone to wildfire?
Peotone sits at the 3rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,883 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Peotone at the 3rd percentile, close to its 3rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Peotone's buildings (96.4% of 1,883) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Peotone against the rest of the country
Peotone's 21st-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 3rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Peotone ranks 30,504 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,810 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,145 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Peotone and the insurance market
At the 3rd national percentile, Peotone rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Peotone's 96.4% 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 Peotone's figures come from
Peotone's 3rd-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 Peotone's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.