Arrey, NM
Arrey wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Arrey at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 266 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Arrey at the 53rd percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
Arrey's building exposure, zone by zone
68.8% of Arrey's 266 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 183 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 31.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Arrey compares
Arrey's 54th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 21st ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 33 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Arrey ranks 14,439 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,640 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 391 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Arrey and the insurance market
Arrey's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Arrey's 68.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Arrey's figures come from
Arrey's 54th-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 Arrey's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.