Wayne City, IL
Wayne City wildfire risk explained
Wayne City sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 816 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wayne City at the 3rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Wayne City's buildings (82.2% of 816) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Wayne City ranks
There's little gap between Wayne City's 2nd national percentile and its 17th percentile inside Illinois, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wayne City ranks 30,756 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,492 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,204 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wayne City
At the 2nd national percentile, Wayne City rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 82.2% of Wayne City 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 Wayne City's figures come from
Wayne City'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 Wayne City's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.