Ilion, NY
Ilion wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ilion at the 6th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 3,038 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ilion at the 6th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Ilion's buildings actually sit
88.8% of Ilion's 3,038 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 11.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Ilion against the rest of the country
Ilion's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ilion ranks 29,604 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,376 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,163 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ilion
Ilion's low rating (6th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 88.8% of Ilion'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.
Where Ilion's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ilion's 29,604-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ilion's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.