WildfireRiskFinder

Mogollon, NM

Mogollon, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers

Very High
100thpercentile nationally

Out of every US place USFS scores, Mogollon lands at the 100th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 45 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

Separately from the risk score above, Mogollon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 99th percentile nationally.

Mogollon's building exposure, zone by zone

45Total buildings
100%Direct exposure
0%Indirect exposure
0%Minimal exposure

100% of Mogollon's 45 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 45 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.

How Mogollon compares

Mogollon scores 100th nationally and 99th within New Mexico — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mogollon ranks 163 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,052 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 8 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.

Shopping for coverage in Mogollon

Mogollon's very high rating (100th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.

What would actually reduce this score

Mogollon's 100% 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

The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 45 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mogollon. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mogollon, see the exposure-zones guide.