Sheridan, IL
How exposed is Sheridan to wildfire?
Sheridan's 517 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sheridan at the 20th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 83% of Sheridan's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 17% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Sheridan compares
Sheridan's 61st-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 19th 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, Sheridan ranks 25,392 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,070 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 569 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sheridan
Sheridan's low wildfire rating (19th 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.
Hardening a home in Sheridan
Even with 83% of Sheridan 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 Sheridan's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sheridan's 25,392-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sheridan's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.