Manley Hot Springs, AK
Manley Hot Springs, AK's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Manley Hot Springs lands at the 91st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 143 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Manley Hot Springs at the 90th percentile, close to its 91st-percentile risk score.
Manley Hot Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
143 buildings are counted in Manley Hot Springs, and 98.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Manley Hot Springs against the rest of the country
Manley Hot Springs's risk sits at a similar level relative to Alaska (78th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (91st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manley Hot Springs ranks 2,793 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,143 by building count (1 is largest). Within Alaska alone, it ranks 73 of 322 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Alaska on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Manley Hot Springs's very high rating (91st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Manley Hot Springs's 98.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Manley Hot Springs's figures come from
Manley Hot Springs's 91st-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 Manley Hot Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.