Mesita, NM
Mesita, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mesita lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 323 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mesita's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Where Mesita's buildings actually sit
84.5% of Mesita's 323 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 273 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 15.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Mesita compares
Inside New Mexico, Mesita sits at just the 20th percentile even though it scores 54th 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, Mesita ranks 14,634 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,012 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 397 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mesita
At the 54th national percentile, Mesita rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Mesita's 84.5% 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
Mesita's 54th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mesita, see the exposure-zones guide.