Avon, IL
How exposed is Avon to wildfire?
Avon's 545 buildings earn a 4th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Avon at the 4th national percentile — 0 points above 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 Avon's buildings (94.3% of 545) 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.
Where Avon ranks
Compare Avon's two percentiles: 24th within Illinois, only 4th nationally — a gap of 20 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Avon ranks 30,213 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,633 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,094 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Avon
At the 4th national percentile, Avon 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 Avon
With 94.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Avon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 545 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Avon. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Avon, see the exposure-zones guide.