Sigel, IL
Sigel, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sigel sits at the 5th 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 274 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sigel at the 5th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.
Sigel's building exposure, zone by zone
90.9% of Sigel's 274 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Sigel ranks
Within Illinois, Sigel ranks higher (26th percentile) than it does nationally (5th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sigel ranks 30,094 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,387 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,074 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Sigel and the insurance market
At the 5th national percentile, Sigel rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 90.9% of Sigel 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 Sigel's figures come from
Sigel's 5th-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 Sigel's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.