Brimhall Nizhoni, NM
Brimhall Nizhoni wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brimhall Nizhoni at the 38th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 178 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brimhall Nizhoni at the 36th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Where Brimhall Nizhoni's buildings actually sit
96.6% of Brimhall Nizhoni's 178 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 172 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 3.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Brimhall Nizhoni ranks
Brimhall Nizhoni's 38th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 7th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 31 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brimhall Nizhoni ranks 19,701 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,719 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 463 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
Brimhall Nizhoni's moderate rating (38th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Brimhall Nizhoni (96.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brimhall Nizhoni's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brimhall Nizhoni's 19,701-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brimhall Nizhoni's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.