Dalton City, IL
Dalton City wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Dalton City at the 0th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 323 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dalton City at the 0th percentile, close to its 0th-percentile risk score.
Where Dalton City's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 95.4% of Dalton City's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 4.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Dalton City ranks
Dalton City's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (2nd 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, Dalton City ranks 31,447 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,002 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,407 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Dalton City and the insurance market
Dalton City's low rating (0th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Dalton City
With 95.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Dalton City gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Dalton City's figures come from
Dalton City's 0th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dalton City's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.