Scott AFB, IL
How exposed is Scott AFB to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Scott AFB lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,071 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 Scott AFB at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Where Scott AFB's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 96.6% of Scott AFB's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 2.8% Direct and 0.6% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Scott AFB compares
Scott AFB's 34th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 7th 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, Scott AFB ranks 29,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,455 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 948 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Scott AFB and the insurance market
At the 7th national percentile, Scott AFB rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Scott AFB gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Scott AFB's figures come from
Scott AFB's 7th-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 Scott AFB's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.