Blanco, NM
Blanco wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Blanco lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 478 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blanco's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Blanco's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Blanco: 100% of its 478 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Blanco compares
Inside New Mexico, Blanco 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, Blanco ranks 15,038 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,748 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 402 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
Blanco's elevated wildfire rating (52nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Blanco
Because Direct exposure dominates in Blanco (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
Blanco'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 Blanco, see the exposure-zones guide.