Wenona, IL
Wenona, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Wenona at the 1st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 711 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wenona at the 1st 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
96.9% of Wenona's 711 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 3.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Wenona against the rest of the country
Wenona scores 1st nationally and 5th within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wenona ranks 31,358 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,545 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,370 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
At the 1st national percentile, Wenona rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 96.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wenona gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 711 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wenona. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wenona, see the exposure-zones guide.