Wilmington (Will), IL
Wilmington (Will), IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wilmington (Will) sits at the 46th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,176 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wilmington (Will)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 55.4% of Wilmington (Will)'s buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 22.7% Direct and 22% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Wilmington (Will) compares
Within Illinois, Wilmington (Will) ranks higher (97th percentile) than it does nationally (46th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilmington (Will) ranks 16,951 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,195 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 46 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Wilmington (Will) and the insurance market
At the 46th national percentile, Wilmington (Will) rates elevated 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 Wilmington (Will)
Wilmington (Will)'s 55.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Wilmington (Will)'s 46th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Wilmington (Will), see the exposure-zones guide.