Manassas Park, VA
Manassas Park, VA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Manassas Park's 3,461 buildings earn a 32nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Manassas Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Manassas Park (59% of 3,461 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 20.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Manassas Park ranks
Manassas Park's risk sits at a similar level relative to Virginia (22nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (32nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manassas Park ranks 21,412 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,829 by building count (1 is largest). Within Virginia alone, it ranks 531 of 681 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Virginia on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Manassas Park
Manassas Park's moderate wildfire rating (32nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Manassas Park
Because 59% of Manassas Park's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Manassas Park's figures come from
Manassas Park's 32nd-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 Manassas Park's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.