Pojoaque, NM
Pojoaque wildfire risk explained
Pojoaque's 1,092 buildings earn a 75th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pojoaque's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 72nd percentile nationally.
Pojoaque's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 66.2% of Pojoaque's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 33.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 723 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Pojoaque against the rest of the country
Pojoaque's 75th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 46th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pojoaque ranks 7,920 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,329 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 266 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pojoaque
Pojoaque's 75th-percentile, 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 66.2% of Pojoaque 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pojoaque's 7,920-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pojoaque, see the exposure-zones guide.