Roscoe, IL
Roscoe, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Roscoe at the 22nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 4,230 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Roscoe at the 23rd national percentile — 1 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
Most of Roscoe's buildings (81.4% of 4,230) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Roscoe ranks
Within Illinois, Roscoe ranks higher (65th percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roscoe ranks 24,668 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,034 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 505 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Roscoe
Roscoe's moderate wildfire rating (22nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Roscoe
Even with 81.4% of Roscoe 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 Roscoe's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Roscoe's 24,668-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Roscoe's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.