Sparland, IL
Sparland wildfire risk explained
Sparland sits at the 20th 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 271 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sparland's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Sparland's building exposure, zone by zone
Sparland rates 69.7% Minimal exposure against just 30.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 271 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Sparland compares
Sparland's 61st-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 20th 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, Sparland ranks 25,298 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,464 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 565 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Sparland and the insurance market
At the 20th national percentile, Sparland rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Sparland
Sparland's 69.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 271 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sparland. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Sparland, see the exposure-zones guide.