Springerton, IL
Springerton, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Springerton at the 7th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 129 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Springerton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
Where Springerton's buildings actually sit
Only 22.5% of Springerton's 129 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 77.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Springerton compares
Springerton's 33rd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 7th 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, Springerton ranks 29,461 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,746 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 964 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Springerton and the insurance market
Springerton's low wildfire rating (7th 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.
Hardening a home in Springerton
Springerton's 77.5% 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.
Where Springerton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Springerton's 29,461-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Springerton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.