Strawn, IL
How exposed is Strawn to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Strawn lands at the 0th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 91 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Strawn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 0th percentile nationally.
Where Strawn's buildings actually sit
Strawn rates 89% Minimal exposure against just 11% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 91 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Strawn ranks
There's little gap between Strawn's 0th national percentile and its 5th percentile inside Illinois, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Strawn ranks 31,393 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,442 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,384 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
Strawn's low wildfire rating (0th 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 Strawn
Even with 89% of Strawn outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Strawn's figures come from
Strawn's 0th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Strawn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.