Woodridge, IL
How exposed is Woodridge to wildfire?
Woodridge's 8,846 buildings earn a 39th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Woodridge at the 39th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
95.9% of Woodridge's 8,846 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 4.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 8,846 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Woodridge ranks
Woodridge's 92nd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 39th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodridge ranks 19,124 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,883 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 118 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 39th national percentile, Woodridge rates moderate 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
Even with 95.9% of Woodridge 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 8,846 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Woodridge. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Woodridge, see the exposure-zones guide.