Alamo, NM
How exposed is Alamo to wildfire?
Alamo sits at the 60th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 426 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alamo's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Alamo's 426 counted buildings, 97.4% 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.
How Alamo compares
Inside New Mexico, Alamo sits at just the 30th percentile even though it scores 60th 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, Alamo ranks 12,741 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,733 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 347 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Alamo
At the 60th national percentile, Alamo rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Alamo (97.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Alamo's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Alamo's 12,741-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alamo's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.