Picuris Pueblo, NM
How exposed is Picuris Pueblo to wildfire?
USFS scores Picuris Pueblo at the 96th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 64 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Picuris Pueblo at the 92nd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Picuris Pueblo's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Picuris Pueblo's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 64 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Picuris Pueblo ranks
Picuris Pueblo scores 96th nationally and 88th 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, Picuris Pueblo ranks 1,295 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,515 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 62 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Picuris Pueblo
Picuris Pueblo's very high rating (96th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Picuris Pueblo'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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Picuris Pueblo's 1,295-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Picuris Pueblo, see the exposure-zones guide.