Elvaston, IL
Elvaston, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Elvaston lands at the 3rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 175 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Elvaston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 3rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
93.7% of Elvaston's 175 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 6.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Elvaston ranks
Within Illinois, Elvaston ranks higher (18th percentile) than it does nationally (3rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Elvaston ranks 30,655 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,817 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,182 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Elvaston
Elvaston's low wildfire rating (3rd 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.
Hardening a home in Elvaston
Even with 93.7% of Elvaston outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 175 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Elvaston. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Elvaston, see the exposure-zones guide.