Abiquiu, NM
How exposed is Abiquiu to wildfire?
USFS scores Abiquiu at the 92nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 200 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Abiquiu's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 89th percentile nationally.
Abiquiu's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Abiquiu's 200 counted buildings, 77% 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.
How Abiquiu compares
Abiquiu scores 92nd nationally and 80th within New Mexico — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Abiquiu ranks 2,524 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,847 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 101 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Abiquiu and the insurance market
Abiquiu's very high rating (92nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Abiquiu
With 77% of Abiquiu 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 200 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Abiquiu. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Abiquiu, see the exposure-zones guide.