Red Bud, IL
How exposed is Red Bud to wildfire?
USFS scores Red Bud at the 6th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 2,039 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Red Bud at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
Red Bud's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Red Bud's buildings (94.1% of 2,039) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Red Bud ranks
Compare Red Bud's two percentiles: 32nd within Illinois, only 6th nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Red Bud ranks 29,618 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,356 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 984 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Red Bud
Red Bud's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Red Bud
Even with 94.1% of Red Bud 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 2,039 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Red Bud. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Red Bud, see the exposure-zones guide.