Randalia, IA
How exposed is Randalia to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Randalia at the 5th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 66 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 Randalia at the 5th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.
Randalia's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Randalia's buildings (63.6% of 66) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Randalia against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Randalia's 5th national percentile and its 11th percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Randalia ranks 29,977 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,417 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 906 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Randalia and the insurance market
At the 5th national percentile, Randalia 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 Randalia
Even with 63.6% of Randalia outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Randalia's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 66 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Randalia. The exposure-zones guide covers what Randalia's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.