Ashton, IL
Ashton wildfire risk explained
Ashton sits at the 0th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 622 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 0th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Ashton's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 1.6% of Ashton's 622 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 98.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Ashton against the rest of the country
Ashton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (5th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (0th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ashton ranks 31,382 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,526 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,373 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Ashton and the insurance market
At the 0th national percentile, Ashton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Ashton
Ashton's 98.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 622 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ashton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ashton, see the exposure-zones guide.