Sandoval, IL
How exposed is Sandoval to wildfire?
Sandoval sits at the 4th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 724 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sandoval's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Sandoval rates 92% Minimal exposure against just 8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 724 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Sandoval against the rest of the country
Compare Sandoval's two percentiles: 23rd within Illinois, only 4th nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sandoval ranks 30,311 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,402 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,109 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sandoval
Sandoval's low wildfire rating (4th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 92% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Sandoval gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Sandoval's figures come from
Sandoval's 4th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sandoval's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.