Ashley, IL
How exposed is Ashley to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ashley at the 13th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 457 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ashley at the 13th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
Ashley's building exposure, zone by zone
77.2% of Ashley's 457 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 22.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Ashley against the rest of the country
Ashley's 50th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 13th 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, Ashley ranks 27,315 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,121 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 727 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ashley
Ashley's low rating (13th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 77.2% of Ashley's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Ashley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ashley's 27,315-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ashley's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.