Rosemont, IL
How exposed is Rosemont to wildfire?
USFS scores Rosemont 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 1,033 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rosemont's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Rosemont's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 0% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Rosemont against the rest of the country
Compare Rosemont's two percentiles: 65th within Illinois, only 22nd nationally — a gap of 43 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rosemont ranks 24,669 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,703 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 506 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rosemont
Rosemont's moderate rating (22nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 100% of Rosemont 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 Rosemont's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rosemont's 24,669-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rosemont's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.