Mazon, IL
How exposed is Mazon to wildfire?
Mazon sits at the 2nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 548 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mazon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 2nd percentile nationally.
Where Mazon's buildings actually sit
92.2% of Mazon's 548 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 7.9% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Mazon against the rest of the country
Mazon's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (15th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mazon ranks 30,881 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,599 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,231 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Mazon and the insurance market
Mazon's low wildfire rating (2nd 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 Mazon
Mazon's 92.2% 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 Mazon's figures come from
Mazon's 2nd-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 Mazon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.