Jamestown, NM
Jamestown, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Jamestown at the 72nd national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 255 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 Jamestown at the 65th percentile, close to its 72nd-percentile risk score.
Where Jamestown's buildings actually sit
255 buildings are counted in Jamestown, and 89% 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 Jamestown compares
Inside New Mexico, Jamestown sits at just the 43rd percentile even though it scores 72nd 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, Jamestown ranks 8,731 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,986 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 283 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jamestown
At the 72nd percentile nationally, Jamestown carries the 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 89% of Jamestown 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 Jamestown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jamestown's 8,731-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jamestown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.