Rockton, IL
How exposed is Rockton to wildfire?
USFS scores Rockton at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 3,182 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rockton at the 25th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
87.2% of Rockton's 3,182 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 12.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Rockton compares
Compare Rockton's two percentiles: 69th within Illinois, only 24th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rockton ranks 23,980 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,185 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 448 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 24th national percentile, Rockton rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 87.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rockton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rockton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rockton's 23,980-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rockton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.