San Fidel, NM
San Fidel, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts San Fidel at the 52nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 111 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks San Fidel at the 52nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in San Fidel: 91.9% of its 111 buildings, versus 8.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where San Fidel ranks
Inside New Mexico, San Fidel sits at just the 19th percentile even though it scores 52nd 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, San Fidel ranks 15,096 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,597 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 403 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
San Fidel's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in San Fidel (91.9%), 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
San Fidel's 52nd-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 San Fidel, see the exposure-zones guide.