Virden, IL
Virden, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Virden's 2,134 buildings earn a 2nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Virden at the 2nd percentile, close to its 2nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
98.3% of Virden's 2,134 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Virden compares
There's little gap between Virden's 2nd national percentile and its 15th percentile inside Illinois, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Virden ranks 30,883 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,107 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,233 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Virden
Virden'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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 98.3% of Virden 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 Virden's figures come from
Virden's 2nd-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 Virden's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.