These counties are typically the low demographic advantaged and low demographically stressed areas of the upper Midwest. Agriculture is prominently surrounding urban areas. There is a lower amount of area burned, with a low ignition density and small amounts of Wildland Urban Interface. These counties lie within the rural “corn belt” of the United States, coastal Louisiana and the rice fields around Houston, Texas. There is a small federal presence with little history of prescribed fire. Communities typically maintain the local response capacity to put out fires quickly. If fires occur, they typically happen in areas outside of the WUI. The counties are heavily roaded.
Example of a Typical County — Peoria County, Illinois: The river town of Peoria is surrounded by corn and soybean fields that were once tall-grass prairie.
|Vegetation and Fuels||Very Low|
|Homes, Communities and Values at Risk||Very Low|