Viola, IL
Viola, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Viola lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 598 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Viola at the 34th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Viola's building exposure, zone by zone
Viola rates 88% Minimal exposure against just 12% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 598 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Viola ranks
Within Illinois, Viola ranks higher (84th percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Viola ranks 21,045 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,859 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 227 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
Viola's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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
Viola's 88% 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 Viola's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Viola's 21,045-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Viola's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.