Royalton, IL
Royalton, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Royalton at the 11th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 861 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Royalton at the 11th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
Where Royalton's buildings actually sit
Only 22.8% of Royalton's 861 buildings carry Direct exposure and 6.2% carry Indirect; the remaining 71.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Royalton ranks
Royalton's 45th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 11th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Royalton ranks 28,103 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,065 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 800 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Royalton
Royalton's low rating (11th 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
With 71.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Royalton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Royalton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Royalton's 28,103-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Royalton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.