Ransom, IL
Ransom, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Ransom at the 0th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 300 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ransom at the 0th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Ransom's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 91.3% of Ransom's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 8.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Ransom ranks
Ransom scores 0th nationally and 3rd 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, Ransom ranks 31,424 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,627 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,398 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ransom
Ransom's low rating (0th 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
Even with 91.3% of Ransom 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 Ransom's figures come from
Ransom's 0th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ransom's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.