Rome, IL
Rome, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rome lands at the 5th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,123 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rome's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Rome's building exposure, zone by zone
62% of Rome's 1,123 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Rome ranks
Rome's 30th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 5th 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, Rome ranks 29,808 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,130 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,012 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rome
At the 5th national percentile, Rome 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 62% of Rome 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 Rome's 29,808-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Rome, see the exposure-zones guide.