Pleasanton, NM
Pleasanton, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Pleasanton at the 95th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 153 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pleasanton at the 92nd percentile, close to its 95th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Pleasanton: 100% of its 153 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Pleasanton against the rest of the country
Pleasanton's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Mexico (83rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (95th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasanton ranks 1,735 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,765 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 86 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Pleasanton's 95th-percentile, very high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Pleasanton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Pleasanton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pleasanton's 1,735-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pleasanton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.