Pulpotio Bareas, NM
Pulpotio Bareas, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pulpotio Bareas lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 86 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pulpotio Bareas at the 53rd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pulpotio Bareas's building exposure, zone by zone
86 buildings are counted in Pulpotio Bareas, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Pulpotio Bareas against the rest of the country
Pulpotio Bareas ranks lower within New Mexico (20th percentile statewide) than its 54th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pulpotio Bareas ranks 14,656 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,658 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 398 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Pulpotio Bareas and the insurance market
Pulpotio Bareas's elevated wildfire rating (54th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Pulpotio Bareas'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.
Where Pulpotio Bareas's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pulpotio Bareas's 14,656-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pulpotio Bareas's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.