Westmont, IL
Westmont, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Westmont at the 21st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 7,572 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Westmont's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where Westmont's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 97.8% of Westmont's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 2.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 7,572 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Westmont compares
Within Illinois, Westmont ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (21st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westmont ranks 25,015 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,261 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 539 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Westmont
At the 21st national percentile, Westmont rates moderate 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 Westmont
Even with 97.8% of Westmont 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 Westmont's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 7,572 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Westmont. The exposure-zones guide covers what Westmont's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.