Randall, IA
How exposed is Randall to wildfire?
USFS scores Randall at the 11th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 135 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Randall's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Randall's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Randall's buildings (80.7% of 135) 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.
Where Randall ranks
There's little gap between Randall's 11th national percentile and its 21st percentile inside Iowa, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Randall ranks 27,921 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,489 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 805 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Randall
Randall's low wildfire rating (11th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Randall
Even with 80.7% of Randall 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 135 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Randall. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Randall, see the exposure-zones guide.