Barton, NM
Barton, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Barton sits at the 93rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 929 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Barton at the 91st national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Barton's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Barton's 929 counted buildings, 100% 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.
Where Barton ranks
Barton's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Mexico (82nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (93rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Barton ranks 2,082 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,478 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 92 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
Barton's very high rating (93rd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Barton (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Barton's 2,082-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Barton, see the exposure-zones guide.