Cuyamungue Grant, NM
Cuyamungue Grant wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Cuyamungue Grant lands at the 82nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 222 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cuyamungue Grant's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
Where Cuyamungue Grant's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Cuyamungue Grant: 97.3% of its 222 buildings, versus 2.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Cuyamungue Grant ranks
Inside New Mexico, Cuyamungue Grant sits at just the 57th percentile even though it scores 82nd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cuyamungue Grant ranks 5,615 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,054 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 215 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Cuyamungue Grant and the insurance market
Cuyamungue Grant's 82nd-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cuyamungue Grant (97.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cuyamungue Grant's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cuyamungue Grant's 5,615-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cuyamungue Grant's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.