Manton, CA
Manton, CA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Manton's 351 buildings earn a 98th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Manton at the 97th national percentile — 0 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
Of Manton's 351 counted buildings, 99.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Manton ranks
Manton's 98th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 82nd ranking inside California does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manton ranks 750 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,273 by building count (1 is largest). Within California alone, it ranks 291 of 1,570 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for California on its state page.
Manton and the insurance market
Manton sits in California, one of two states that legally require a wildfire-risk disclosure at sale. California's FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, ended 2025 with 668,609 residential policies after adding 21,859 in Q4 alone — the kind of market shift a 98th-percentile score like Manton's can end up mattering for. More on the disclosure law.
Hardening a home in Manton
With 99.4% of Manton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Manton's figures come from
Manton's 98th-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 Manton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.