Tilton, IL
Tilton, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Tilton at the 13th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 2,260 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 Tilton at the 14th percentile, close to its 13th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 8.5% of Tilton's 2,260 buildings carry Direct exposure and 22.9% carry Indirect; the remaining 68.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Tilton against the rest of the country
Tilton's 50th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 13th 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, Tilton ranks 27,318 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,795 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 730 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
Tilton's low rating (13th 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
With 68.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Tilton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Tilton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,260 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tilton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tilton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.