Rankin, IL
Rankin, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rankin's 407 buildings earn a 1st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rankin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 14.7% of Rankin's 407 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 85.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Rankin compares
Rankin scores 1st nationally and 10th within Illinois — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rankin ranks 31,198 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,080 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,312 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Rankin and the insurance market
Rankin's low rating (1st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Rankin
Even with 85.3% of Rankin 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 Rankin's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rankin's 31,198-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rankin's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.