Alto Pass, IL
Alto Pass, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Alto Pass 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 303 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alto Pass's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
Where Alto Pass's buildings actually sit
76.6% of Alto Pass's 303 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 232 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 23.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Alto Pass compares
Compare Alto Pass's two percentiles: 97th within Illinois, only 46th nationally — a gap of 51 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alto Pass ranks 17,074 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,534 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 49 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Alto Pass
Alto Pass's elevated wildfire rating (46th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Alto Pass's 76.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 303 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alto Pass. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Alto Pass, see the exposure-zones guide.