Mayhill, NM
Mayhill, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mayhill at the 100th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 138 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mayhill at the 99th national percentile — 0 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
138 buildings are counted in Mayhill, and 89.1% 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 Mayhill compares
There's little gap between Mayhill's 100th national percentile and its 99th percentile inside New Mexico, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mayhill ranks 161 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,372 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 6 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Mayhill's 100th-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.
Hardening a home in Mayhill
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mayhill (89.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mayhill's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mayhill's 161-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mayhill's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.