South Pekin, IL
South Pekin wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts South Pekin at the 6th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 621 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts South Pekin at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
Where South Pekin's buildings actually sit
South Pekin rates 99% Minimal exposure against just 1% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 621 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How South Pekin compares
Within Illinois, South Pekin ranks higher (32nd percentile) than it does nationally (6th) — 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 Pekin ranks 29,620 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,538 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 986 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 Pekin's low wildfire rating (6th 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
With 99% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, South Pekin gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where South Pekin's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 621 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for South Pekin. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Pekin's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.