Conchas Dam, NM
Conchas Dam, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Conchas Dam at the 81st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 1,007 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Conchas Dam at the 78th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Conchas Dam's buildings actually sit
61.1% of Conchas Dam's 1,007 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37.4% Direct and 1.5% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Conchas Dam ranks
Conchas Dam'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, Conchas Dam ranks 5,930 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,886 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 223 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
At the 81st percentile nationally, Conchas Dam 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 61.1% of Conchas Dam's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Conchas Dam's 5,930-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Conchas Dam, see the exposure-zones guide.