South Barrington, IL
South Barrington, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, South Barrington lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,898 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks South Barrington at the 33rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where South Barrington's buildings actually sit
51.8% of South Barrington's 1,898 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 19.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where South Barrington ranks
Within Illinois, South Barrington ranks higher (84th percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Barrington ranks 21,172 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,776 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 237 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
South Barrington's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in South Barrington
With 51.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, South Barrington gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind South Barrington's 21,172-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond South Barrington, see the exposure-zones guide.