Manti, UT
Manti wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Manti lands at the 83rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,937 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Manti's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
Manti's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Manti (80.4% of 1,937 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 19.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Manti against the rest of the country
Inside Utah, Manti sits at just the 43rd percentile even though it scores 83rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manti ranks 5,405 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,654 by building count (1 is largest). Within Utah alone, it ranks 188 of 326 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Utah on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Manti's 83rd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Manti (80.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Manti's 83rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Manti, see the exposure-zones guide.