Purty Rock, NM
Purty Rock wildfire risk explained
Purty Rock's 92 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Purty Rock at the 35th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Purty Rock's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Purty Rock's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 92 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Purty Rock against the rest of the country
Purty Rock's 34th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 5th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 30 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Purty Rock ranks 20,768 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,416 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 473 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Purty Rock
Purty Rock's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Purty Rock 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
Purty Rock's 34th-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 Purty Rock, see the exposure-zones guide.