Plainville, IL
Plainville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Plainville lands at the 14th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 225 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Plainville at the 14th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Plainville's buildings actually sit
Only 5.8% of Plainville's 225 buildings carry Direct exposure and 1.8% carry Indirect; the remaining 92.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Plainville ranks
Compare Plainville's two percentiles: 51st within Illinois, only 14th nationally — a gap of 37 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plainville ranks 27,065 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,939 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 704 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Plainville
At the 14th national percentile, Plainville 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
Even with 92.4% of Plainville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Plainville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 225 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plainville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plainville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.