Pulaski, IL
Pulaski, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pulaski's 181 buildings earn a 22nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pulaski's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Pulaski's building exposure, zone by zone
181 buildings are counted in Pulaski, and 74.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Pulaski ranks
Pulaski's 66th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 22nd 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, Pulaski ranks 24,607 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,579 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 497 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Pulaski and the insurance market
At the 22nd national percentile, Pulaski 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
Pulaski's 74.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pulaski's 24,607-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pulaski, see the exposure-zones guide.