Schiller Park, IL
How exposed is Schiller Park to wildfire?
Schiller Park sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,345 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Schiller Park at the 28th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Schiller Park's building exposure, zone by zone
Schiller Park rates 99.9% Minimal exposure against just 0.1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 4,345 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Schiller Park compares
Within Illinois, Schiller Park ranks higher (74th percentile) than it does nationally (26th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Schiller Park ranks 23,223 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,937 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 380 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Schiller Park
Schiller Park's moderate rating (26th 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 99.9% of Schiller Park 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 Schiller Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,345 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Schiller Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Schiller Park's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.