Port Byron, IL
Port Byron, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Port Byron sits at the 37th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 929 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Port Byron's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Where Port Byron's buildings actually sit
Port Byron rates 58.6% Minimal exposure against just 41.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 929 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Port Byron against the rest of the country
Port Byron's 89th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 37th 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, Port Byron ranks 19,781 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,475 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 153 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Port Byron
At the 37th national percentile, Port Byron rates moderate 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 58.6% of Port Byron 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 929 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Port Byron. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Port Byron, see the exposure-zones guide.