Manning, IA
Manning, IA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Manning lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 968 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Manning at the 35th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Manning rates 89.2% Minimal exposure against just 10.9% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 968 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Manning against the rest of the country
Manning's 53rd-percentile standing inside Iowa outpaces its 38th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manning ranks 19,658 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,167 by building count (1 is largest). Within Iowa alone, it ranks 479 of 1,017 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Iowa on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Manning
At the 38th national percentile, Manning rates moderate 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
With 89.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Manning 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 968 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Manning. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Manning, see the exposure-zones guide.