St. Anne, IL
How exposed is St. Anne to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts St. Anne at the 0th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 788 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks St. Anne at the 0th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where St. Anne's buildings actually sit
St. Anne rates 97.6% Minimal exposure against just 2.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 788 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
St. Anne against the rest of the country
St. Anne scores 0th nationally and 3rd within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Anne ranks 31,426 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,742 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,400 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in St. Anne
St. Anne's low rating (0th 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 St. Anne
St. Anne's 97.6% 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 St. Anne's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 788 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for St. Anne. The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Anne's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.