Acomita Lake, NM
Acomita Lake wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Acomita Lake lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 149 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Acomita Lake at the 48th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Acomita Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Acomita Lake: 100% of its 149 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Acomita Lake ranks
Inside New Mexico, Acomita Lake sits at just the 13th percentile even though it scores 46th 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, Acomita Lake ranks 17,025 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,920 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 432 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Acomita Lake
At the 46th national percentile, Acomita Lake rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Acomita Lake 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 149 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Acomita Lake. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Acomita Lake, see the exposure-zones guide.