Jemez Pueblo, NM
Jemez Pueblo, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Jemez Pueblo at the 79th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 627 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jemez Pueblo at the 77th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
69.5% of Jemez Pueblo's 627 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 436 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 30.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Jemez Pueblo compares
Jemez Pueblo ranks lower within New Mexico (51st percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jemez Pueblo ranks 6,593 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,483 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 242 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Jemez Pueblo and the insurance market
Jemez Pueblo's 79th-percentile, 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 Jemez Pueblo (69.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Jemez Pueblo's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Jemez Pueblo's 6,593-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jemez Pueblo's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.