Romeoville, IL
How exposed is Romeoville to wildfire?
Romeoville's 12,608 buildings earn a 32nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Romeoville at the 32nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Romeoville's building exposure, zone by zone
97.9% of Romeoville's 12,608 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 2.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 12,608 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Romeoville against the rest of the country
Romeoville's 82nd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 32nd 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, Romeoville ranks 21,453 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,217 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 258 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Romeoville and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, Romeoville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Romeoville
Even with 97.9% of Romeoville 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 Romeoville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 12,608 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Romeoville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Romeoville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.