Timberlake, NM
How exposed is Timberlake to wildfire?
Timberlake sits at the 90th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 302 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Timberlake at the 87th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Timberlake's 302 counted buildings, 100% 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 Timberlake ranks
There's little gap between Timberlake's 90th national percentile and its 76th percentile inside New Mexico, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Timberlake ranks 3,029 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,580 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 119 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Timberlake
Timberlake's very high rating (90th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Timberlake (100%), 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 302 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Timberlake. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Timberlake, see the exposure-zones guide.