Pingree Grove, IL
Pingree Grove wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pingree Grove at the 20th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,009 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pingree Grove's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 11.7% of Pingree Grove's 2,009 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 88.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Pingree Grove against the rest of the country
Pingree Grove's 61st-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 20th 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, Pingree Grove ranks 25,361 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,451 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 568 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pingree Grove
Pingree Grove's low rating (20th 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 Pingree Grove
Pingree Grove's 88.3% 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.
Where Pingree Grove's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,009 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pingree Grove. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pingree Grove's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.