Anthony, NM
Anthony, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Anthony at the 44th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 2,652 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Anthony at the 44th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Anthony's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 49.1% of Anthony's 2,652 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 18.9% Direct and 32.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Anthony compares
Inside New Mexico, Anthony sits at just the 10th percentile even though it scores 44th 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, Anthony ranks 17,780 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,016 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 447 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Anthony's elevated rating (44th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Anthony (49.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Anthony's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Anthony's 17,780-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Anthony's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.