Strasburg, IL
Strasburg, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Strasburg sits at the 2nd 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 428 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Strasburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Where Strasburg's buildings actually sit
Only 15% of Strasburg's 428 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 85.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Strasburg compares
Strasburg scores 2nd nationally and 13th 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, Strasburg ranks 31,013 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,690 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,266 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Strasburg
Strasburg's low wildfire rating (2nd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Strasburg's 85.1% 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 428 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Strasburg. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Strasburg, see the exposure-zones guide.