Pie Town, NM
Pie Town, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pie Town's 301 buildings earn a 79th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pie Town at the 74th percentile, close to its 79th-percentile risk score.
Pie Town's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Pie Town's 301 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Pie Town compares
Pie Town ranks lower within New Mexico (51st percentile statewide) than its 79th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pie Town ranks 6,594 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,605 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 243 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Pie Town and the insurance market
Pie Town's high rating (79th 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.
Hardening a home in Pie Town
Because Direct exposure dominates in Pie Town (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Pie Town's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 301 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pie Town. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pie Town's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.