Reynolds, IL
Reynolds, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Reynolds's 368 buildings earn a 4th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Reynolds at the 4th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 90.8% of Reynolds's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 9.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Reynolds ranks
Compare Reynolds's two percentiles: 22nd within Illinois, only 4th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Reynolds ranks 30,404 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,900 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,121 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Reynolds and the insurance market
At the 4th national percentile, Reynolds rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 90.8% of Reynolds 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.
Where Reynolds's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 368 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Reynolds. The exposure-zones guide covers what Reynolds's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.