Thompsonville, IL
Thompsonville, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Thompsonville at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 463 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Thompsonville at the 39th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Thompsonville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 66.3% of Thompsonville's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 33.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Thompsonville ranks
Within Illinois, Thompsonville ranks higher (89th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Thompsonville ranks 20,037 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,007 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 166 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Thompsonville and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Thompsonville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Thompsonville
Even with 66.3% of Thompsonville 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 Thompsonville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Thompsonville's 20,037-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Thompsonville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.