Solon Mills, IL
Solon Mills, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Solon Mills sits at the 28th 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 102 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Solon Mills at the 29th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Solon Mills's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Solon Mills: 64.7% of its 102 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 35.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Solon Mills compares
Within Illinois, Solon Mills ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (28th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Solon Mills ranks 22,682 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,943 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 339 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Solon Mills
Solon Mills's moderate wildfire rating (28th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Solon Mills (64.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Solon Mills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Solon Mills's 22,682-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Solon Mills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.