Manzanola, CO
Manzanola wildfire risk explained
Manzanola's 255 buildings earn a 55th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Manzanola at the 54th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Manzanola's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Manzanola (75.7% of 255 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 6.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Manzanola against the rest of the country
Inside Colorado, Manzanola sits at just the 24th percentile even though it scores 55th 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, Manzanola ranks 14,049 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,970 by building count (1 is largest). Within Colorado alone, it ranks 360 of 472 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Colorado on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Manzanola
At the 55th national percentile, Manzanola rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Manzanola
Because 75.7% of Manzanola's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Manzanola's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Manzanola's 14,049-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Manzanola's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.