Rose Hill, IL
How exposed is Rose Hill to wildfire?
USFS scores Rose Hill at the 7th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 101 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rose Hill's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
Where Rose Hill's buildings actually sit
76.2% of Rose Hill's 101 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 23.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Rose Hill against the rest of the country
Compare Rose Hill's two percentiles: 36th within Illinois, only 7th nationally — a gap of 29 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rose Hill ranks 29,182 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,988 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 927 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rose Hill
At the 7th national percentile, Rose Hill 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
Because 76.2% of Rose Hill's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Rose Hill's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 101 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rose Hill. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rose Hill's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.