Randolph, IA
Randolph wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Randolph at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 152 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Randolph at the 35th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Randolph's building exposure, zone by zone
Randolph rates 77% Minimal exposure against just 23% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 152 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Randolph against the rest of the country
Randolph's 52nd-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 37th 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, Randolph ranks 19,909 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,801 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 489 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Randolph and the insurance market
Randolph's moderate rating (37th 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 77% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Randolph gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Randolph's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Randolph's 19,909-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Randolph's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.