Kingston (DeKalb), IL
How exposed is Kingston (DeKalb) to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Kingston (DeKalb) at the 7th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 542 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Kingston (DeKalb)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Kingston (DeKalb)'s buildings (78% of 542) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Kingston (DeKalb) compares
Within Illinois, Kingston (DeKalb) ranks higher (33rd percentile) than it does nationally (7th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Kingston (DeKalb) ranks 29,459 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 962 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Kingston (DeKalb) and the insurance market
Kingston (DeKalb)'s low rating (7th 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
Even with 78% of Kingston (DeKalb) 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.
Where Kingston (DeKalb)'s figures come from
Kingston (DeKalb)'s 7th-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 Kingston (DeKalb)'s dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.