Manson, WA
How exposed is Manson to wildfire?
USFS scores Manson at the 98th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,181 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Manson at the 98th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Manson's buildings (58.9% of 1,181) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Manson against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Manson's 98th national percentile and its 95th percentile inside Washington, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manson ranks 676 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,765 by building count (1 is largest). Within Washington alone, it ranks 30 of 628 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Washington on its state page.
Manson and the insurance market
Manson's very high rating (98th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 58.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Manson 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 1,181 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Manson. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Manson, see the exposure-zones guide.