Manly, IA
Manly wildfire risk explained
Manly's 795 buildings earn a 6th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Manly's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 5th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 9.7% of Manly's 795 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 90.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Manly against the rest of the country
Manly's risk sits at a similar level relative to Iowa (13th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manly ranks 29,753 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,684 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 889 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 6th national percentile, Manly rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Manly
With 90.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Manly gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Manly's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Manly's 29,753-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Manly's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.