Walnut Hill, IL
How exposed is Walnut Hill to wildfire?
Walnut Hill's 98 buildings earn a 24th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Walnut Hill's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Where Walnut Hill's buildings actually sit
Most of Walnut Hill's buildings (57.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Walnut Hill against the rest of the country
Compare Walnut Hill's two percentiles: 69th within Illinois, only 24th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walnut Hill ranks 23,982 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,118 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 450 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Walnut Hill and the insurance market
Walnut Hill's moderate rating (24th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Walnut Hill (57.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Walnut Hill's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 98 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Walnut Hill. The exposure-zones guide covers what Walnut Hill's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.