Cimarron, NM
How exposed is Cimarron to wildfire?
Cimarron's 898 buildings earn a 93rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cimarron's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 92nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Cimarron's 898 counted buildings, 61.6% 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.
How Cimarron compares
There's little gap between Cimarron's 93rd national percentile and its 80th percentile inside New Mexico, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cimarron ranks 2,297 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,738 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 99 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Cimarron and the insurance market
At the 93rd percentile nationally, Cimarron carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 61.6% of Cimarron 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 898 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Cimarron. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Cimarron, see the exposure-zones guide.