Ashton, ID
Ashton wildfire risk explained
Ashton sits at the 23rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 709 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ashton at the 19th national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Ashton's buildings actually sit
Most of Ashton's buildings (86.6% of 709) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Ashton compares
Inside Idaho, Ashton sits at just the 5th percentile even though it scores 23rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ashton ranks 24,226 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,569 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 220 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Ashton's moderate rating (23rd 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
Ashton's 86.6% 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.
Where Ashton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ashton's 24,226-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ashton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.