Manuelito, NM
Manuelito, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Manuelito at the 50th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 59 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Manuelito at the 47th national percentile — 3 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
Direct exposure dominates in Manuelito: 100% of its 59 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Manuelito ranks
Manuelito's 50th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 16th 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, Manuelito ranks 15,821 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,687 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 417 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Manuelito
Manuelito's elevated wildfire rating (50th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Manuelito
With 100% of Manuelito 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 59 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Manuelito. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Manuelito, see the exposure-zones guide.