Boles Acres, NM
Boles Acres, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Boles Acres lands at the 81st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 1,561 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Boles Acres at the 79th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Boles Acres's buildings actually sit
91.4% of Boles Acres's 1,561 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,426 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 8.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Boles Acres compares
Boles Acres's 81st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 55th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 26 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Boles Acres ranks 5,929 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,919 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 222 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Boles Acres
At the 81st percentile nationally, Boles Acres 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 Boles Acres
With 91.4% of Boles Acres 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
Boles Acres's 81st-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 Boles Acres, see the exposure-zones guide.