Manville, WY
Manville, WY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Manville lands at the 81st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 131 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Manville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 78th percentile nationally.
Where Manville's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Manville (61.8% of 131 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 38.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Manville ranks
Inside Wyoming, Manville sits at just the 52nd percentile even though it scores 81st 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, Manville ranks 6,163 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,698 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 93 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Manville
Manville's 81st-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 Manville (61.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Manville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 131 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Manville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Manville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.