Rio, IL
Rio, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rio's 177 buildings earn a 1st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rio's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 13.6% of Rio's 177 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 86.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Rio against the rest of the country
Rio's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rio ranks 31,293 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,746 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,341 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Rio and the insurance market
At the 1st national percentile, Rio 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 86.4% of Rio 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 Rio's figures come from
Rio's 1st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rio's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.