Manheim, PA
How exposed is Manheim to wildfire?
Manheim sits at the 3rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,184 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Manheim's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Manheim's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 8.5% of Manheim's 2,184 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 91.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Manheim compares
Manheim scores 3rd nationally and 1st within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manheim ranks 30,495 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,982 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,973 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Manheim and the insurance market
Manheim's low rating (3rd 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
With 91.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Manheim gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,184 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Manheim. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Manheim, see the exposure-zones guide.