Paraje, NM
How exposed is Paraje to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Paraje at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 357 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Paraje at the 50th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Paraje's building exposure, zone by zone
357 buildings are counted in Paraje, 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.
Paraje against the rest of the country
Paraje's 48th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 14th 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, Paraje ranks 16,332 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,136 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 426 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Paraje
At the 48th national percentile, Paraje rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Paraje
Paraje's 89.1% 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.
Where Paraje's figures come from
Paraje's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Paraje's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.