Easton, IL
Easton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Easton at the 1st national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 276 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Easton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Easton's building exposure, zone by zone
94.9% of Easton's 276 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 5.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Easton compares
Easton scores 1st nationally and 6th within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Easton ranks 31,321 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,315 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,351 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Easton
At the 1st national percentile, Easton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Easton's 94.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Easton's figures come from
Easton's 1st-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 Easton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.