Plattville, IL
Plattville, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Plattville's 207 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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Plattville at the 2nd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
Where Plattville's buildings actually sit
207 buildings are counted in Plattville, and 54.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 45.9% rated Minimal.
Plattville against the rest of the country
Plattville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (17th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plattville ranks 30,786 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,589 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,210 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
Plattville's low wildfire rating (2nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 54.1% of Plattville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Plattville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 207 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Plattville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plattville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.