Clovis, NM
Clovis wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Clovis lands at the 89th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 18,849 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clovis at the 90th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Clovis's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 85.5% of Clovis's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 8.5% Direct and 6% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 18,849 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Clovis against the rest of the country
Clovis's 89th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 73rd ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 16 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clovis ranks 3,376 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 753 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 135 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clovis
Clovis's very high rating (89th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 85.5% of Clovis outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Clovis's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clovis's 3,376-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clovis's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.