Ranlo, NC
Ranlo wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Ranlo lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,733 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ranlo's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Ranlo's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 66.6% of Ranlo's 1,733 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 32.1% Direct and 1.3% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Ranlo against the rest of the country
Ranlo's risk sits at a similar level relative to North Carolina (45th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (52nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ranlo ranks 15,041 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,290 by building count (1 is largest). Within North Carolina alone, it ranks 427 of 772 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for North Carolina on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ranlo
At the 52nd national percentile, Ranlo rates elevated 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 Ranlo
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Ranlo (66.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ranlo's 15,041-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ranlo, see the exposure-zones guide.