Carrizozo, NM
How exposed is Carrizozo to wildfire?
Carrizozo's 941 buildings earn a 66th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Carrizozo at the 71st percentile, close to its 66th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
65.5% of Carrizozo's 941 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 34.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Carrizozo against the rest of the country
Inside New Mexico, Carrizozo sits at just the 37th percentile even though it scores 66th 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, Carrizozo ranks 10,778 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,383 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 312 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Carrizozo and the insurance market
Carrizozo's high rating (66th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Carrizozo
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Carrizozo (65.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 941 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Carrizozo. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Carrizozo, see the exposure-zones guide.