Plainfield, IL
Plainfield wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Plainfield at the 13th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 13,354 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Plainfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
Where Plainfield's buildings actually sit
Most of Plainfield's buildings (94.4% of 13,354) 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. At 13,354 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Plainfield against the rest of the country
Compare Plainfield's two percentiles: 49th within Illinois, only 13th nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plainfield ranks 27,445 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,136 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 746 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 13th national percentile, Plainfield 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 Plainfield
Plainfield's 94.4% 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 Plainfield's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Plainfield's 27,445-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plainfield's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.