Rantoul, IL
How exposed is Rantoul to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rantoul at the 1st national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 4,714 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rantoul's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 1st percentile nationally.
Rantoul's building exposure, zone by zone
98.9% of Rantoul's 4,714 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.1% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Rantoul against the rest of the country
Rantoul's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (9th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (1st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rantoul ranks 31,230 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,617 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,322 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 1st national percentile, Rantoul rates low 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 Rantoul
Rantoul's 98.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,714 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rantoul. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Rantoul, see the exposure-zones guide.