Rushville, IL
Rushville, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rushville lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,802 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rushville at the 9th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,802 buildings are counted in Rushville, and 96.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 2.3% in Direct exposure or the 1.2% rated Minimal.
Where Rushville ranks
Rushville's 39th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 8th 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, Rushville ranks 28,894 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,056 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 889 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rushville
At the 8th national percentile, Rushville 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Rushville (96.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Rushville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rushville's 28,894-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rushville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.