Marianna, PA
Marianna wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Marianna at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 302 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marianna at the 43rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Marianna's buildings actually sit
57.3% of Marianna's 302 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 42.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Marianna compares
Compare Marianna's two percentiles: 66th within Pennsylvania, only 42nd nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marianna ranks 18,352 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,585 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 673 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marianna
Marianna's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Marianna's 57.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Marianna's figures come from
Marianna's 42nd-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 Marianna's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.