Pueblo, NM
Pueblo wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pueblo lands at the 86th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 94 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pueblo at the 80th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Pueblo's 94 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 94 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Pueblo ranks
Inside New Mexico, Pueblo sits at just the 65th percentile even though it scores 86th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pueblo ranks 4,512 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,327 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 173 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Pueblo and the insurance market
Pueblo's very high rating (86th 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 Pueblo
Because Direct exposure dominates in Pueblo (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Pueblo's 86th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pueblo, see the exposure-zones guide.