Westville, IL
Westville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Westville at the 7th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,355 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Westville at the 8th 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
83.8% of Westville's 2,355 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14% Direct and 2.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Westville ranks
Within Illinois, Westville ranks higher (36th percentile) than it does nationally (7th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westville ranks 29,209 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,599 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 932 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 7th national percentile, Westville 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Westville (83.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Westville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Westville's 29,209-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Westville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.