Robinson, IL
Robinson wildfire risk explained
Robinson sits at the 3rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,222 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Robinson at the 3rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Robinson's buildings actually sit
90.7% of Robinson's 4,222 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Robinson against the rest of the country
Compare Robinson's two percentiles: 20th within Illinois, only 3rd nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Robinson ranks 30,538 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,038 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,158 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Robinson
Robinson's low rating (3rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 90.7% of Robinson 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Robinson's 30,538-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Robinson, see the exposure-zones guide.