Astoria, IL
How exposed is Astoria to wildfire?
USFS scores Astoria at the 12th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 735 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Astoria at the 12th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Astoria's buildings (93.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Astoria against the rest of the country
Within Illinois, Astoria ranks higher (47th percentile) than it does nationally (12th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Astoria ranks 27,693 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,270 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 767 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Astoria's low wildfire rating (12th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Astoria (93.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 735 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Astoria. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Astoria, see the exposure-zones guide.