Sauk Village, IL
How exposed is Sauk Village to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Sauk Village at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 4,406 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sauk Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Sauk Village's building exposure, zone by zone
97.5% of Sauk Village's 4,406 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 2.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Sauk Village compares
Compare Sauk Village's two percentiles: 99th within Illinois, only 52nd nationally — a gap of 47 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sauk Village ranks 14,991 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,877 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 14 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sauk Village
Sauk Village's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Sauk Village's 97.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Sauk Village's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,406 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sauk Village. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sauk Village's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.