Iyanbito, NM
Iyanbito wildfire risk explained
Iyanbito sits at the 49th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 444 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Iyanbito's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Iyanbito's building exposure, zone by zone
444 buildings are counted in Iyanbito, and 95.5% 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.
How Iyanbito compares
Iyanbito's 49th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 15th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 34 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Iyanbito ranks 16,108 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,385 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 423 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Iyanbito and the insurance market
Iyanbito's elevated rating (49th 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
Iyanbito's 95.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 444 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Iyanbito. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Iyanbito, see the exposure-zones guide.