Ridott, IL
Ridott wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Ridott at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 116 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ridott at the 8th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 12.9% of Ridott's 116 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 87.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Ridott against the rest of the country
Ridott's 38th-percentile standing inside Illinois outpaces its 8th 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, Ridott ranks 28,988 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,352 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 901 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ridott
Ridott's low rating (8th 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 87.1% of Ridott 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 116 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ridott. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ridott, see the exposure-zones guide.