Tesuque Pueblo, NM
Tesuque Pueblo wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Tesuque Pueblo lands at the 86th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 124 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Tesuque Pueblo at the 82nd percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
Where Tesuque Pueblo's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Tesuque Pueblo: 100% of its 124 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Tesuque Pueblo ranks
Inside New Mexico, Tesuque 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, Tesuque Pueblo ranks 4,541 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,996 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 176 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tesuque Pueblo
At the 86th percentile nationally, Tesuque Pueblo 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 Tesuque Pueblo
With 100% of Tesuque Pueblo 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.
Where Tesuque Pueblo's figures come from
Tesuque Pueblo's 86th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tesuque Pueblo's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.