Wenonah, IL
How exposed is Wenonah to wildfire?
Wenonah sits at the 9th 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 59 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wenonah's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
Where Wenonah's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 86.4% of Wenonah's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 13.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Wenonah ranks
Compare Wenonah's two percentiles: 42nd within Illinois, only 9th nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wenonah ranks 28,547 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,674 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 847 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
Wenonah's low rating (9th 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 86.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Wenonah 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 59 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wenonah. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wenonah, see the exposure-zones guide.