Buckhorn, NM
Buckhorn wildfire risk explained
Buckhorn's 199 buildings earn a 87th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Buckhorn at the 85th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Buckhorn's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 94.5% of Buckhorn's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 5.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 188 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Buckhorn compares
Buckhorn's 87th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 67th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 20 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buckhorn ranks 4,135 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,896 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 163 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Buckhorn and the insurance market
At the 87th percentile nationally, Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn
With 94.5% of Buckhorn 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Buckhorn's 4,135-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Buckhorn, see the exposure-zones guide.