Carrollton, IL
Carrollton, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Carrollton sits at the 16th 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 1,626 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Carrollton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Carrollton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 91.8% of Carrollton's 1,626 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 8.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Carrollton ranks
Carrollton's 54th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 16th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Carrollton ranks 26,498 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,670 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 659 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
Carrollton's low rating (16th 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
Because 91.8% of Carrollton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Carrollton's 26,498-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Carrollton, see the exposure-zones guide.