Washburn, IL
Washburn wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Washburn at the 8th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 699 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Washburn at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Washburn's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 90.4% of Washburn's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 9.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Washburn against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Washburn ranks higher (39th percentile) than it does nationally (8th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Washburn ranks 28,896 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,661 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 891 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Washburn
At the 8th national percentile, Washburn rates low 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 Washburn
With 90.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Washburn gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Washburn's figures come from
Washburn's 8th-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 Washburn's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.