Ensenada, NM
Ensenada wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ensenada at the 85th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 136 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ensenada's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 84th percentile nationally.
Where Ensenada's buildings actually sit
100% of Ensenada's 136 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 136 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Ensenada compares
Inside New Mexico, Ensenada sits at just the 62nd percentile even though it scores 85th 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, Ensenada ranks 4,824 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,455 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 189 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ensenada
Ensenada's very high rating (85th 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 Ensenada
With 100% of Ensenada 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.
Where Ensenada's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 136 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ensenada. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ensenada's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.