Manassa, CO
Manassa wildfire risk explained
Manassa's 732 buildings earn a 45th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Manassa's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Manassa's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 74.6% of Manassa's 732 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Manassa compares
Manassa ranks lower within Colorado (12th percentile statewide) than its 45th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manassa ranks 17,418 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,303 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 416 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Manassa
At the 45th national percentile, Manassa rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Manassa's 74.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 732 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Manassa. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Manassa, see the exposure-zones guide.