Catalpa Canyon, NM
Catalpa Canyon wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Catalpa Canyon at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 147 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 Catalpa Canyon at the 31st percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Where Catalpa Canyon's buildings actually sit
147 buildings are counted in Catalpa Canyon, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Catalpa Canyon ranks
Catalpa Canyon's 34th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 5th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 30 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Catalpa Canyon ranks 20,737 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,995 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 472 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Catalpa Canyon
Catalpa Canyon's moderate wildfire rating (34th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Catalpa Canyon
With 100% of Catalpa Canyon 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.
Where Catalpa Canyon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 147 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Catalpa Canyon. The exposure-zones guide covers what Catalpa Canyon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.