Campton Hills, IL
How exposed is Campton Hills to wildfire?
Campton Hills sits at the 19th 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 4,648 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Campton Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Campton Hills's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 52.5% of Campton Hills's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 47.6% Minimal share — a profile where 2,438 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Campton Hills compares
Compare Campton Hills's two percentiles: 60th within Illinois, only 19th nationally — a gap of 41 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Campton Hills ranks 25,549 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,658 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 580 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Campton Hills and the insurance market
Campton Hills's low wildfire rating (19th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 52.5% of Campton Hills in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Campton Hills's 25,549-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Campton Hills, see the exposure-zones guide.