Roy, NM
Roy, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Roy's 376 buildings earn a 90th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Roy at the 89th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Roy's buildings actually sit
Of Roy's 376 counted buildings, 52.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Roy ranks
Roy's 90th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 74th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roy ranks 3,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,743 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 131 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Roy and the insurance market
At the 90th percentile nationally, Roy carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Roy
With 52.4% of Roy 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 376 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Roy. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Roy, see the exposure-zones guide.