Prairie Grove, IL
Prairie Grove wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Prairie Grove at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 841 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Prairie Grove's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
Prairie Grove's building exposure, zone by zone
841 buildings are counted in Prairie Grove, and 68% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 21.1% rated Minimal.
Prairie Grove against the rest of the country
Prairie Grove's 83rd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 33rd 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, Prairie Grove ranks 21,266 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,240 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 245 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 33rd national percentile, Prairie Grove rates moderate 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 Prairie Grove
With 68% of Prairie Grove 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Prairie Grove's 21,266-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Prairie Grove, see the exposure-zones guide.