Sunnyland, IL
How exposed is Sunnyland to wildfire?
Sunnyland's 463 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sunnyland at the 20th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Sunnyland's building exposure, zone by zone
Sunnyland rates 98.3% Minimal exposure against just 1.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 463 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Sunnyland compares
Sunnyland's 62nd-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, Sunnyland ranks 25,209 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,006 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 559 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Sunnyland and the insurance market
Sunnyland's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 98.3% of Sunnyland 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 Sunnyland's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 463 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sunnyland. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sunnyland's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.