Waltonville, IL
Waltonville, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Waltonville lands at the 27th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 328 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Waltonville at the 28th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Waltonville's building exposure, zone by zone
328 buildings are counted in Waltonville, and 75% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Waltonville ranks
Compare Waltonville's two percentiles: 75th within Illinois, only 27th nationally — a gap of 48 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Waltonville ranks 23,060 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 362 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Waltonville
At the 27th national percentile, Waltonville 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Waltonville (75% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 328 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Waltonville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Waltonville, see the exposure-zones guide.