Wilton Center, IL
Wilton Center wildfire risk explained
Wilton Center's 105 buildings earn a 6th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wilton Center at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
Where Wilton Center's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Wilton Center: 65.7% of its 105 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 34.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Wilton Center ranks
Wilton Center's 32nd-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 6th 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, Wilton Center ranks 29,621 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,795 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 987 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wilton Center
At the 6th national percentile, Wilton Center rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Wilton Center
With 65.7% of Wilton Center in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 105 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wilton Center. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wilton Center, see the exposure-zones guide.