Escudilla Bonita, NM
How exposed is Escudilla Bonita to wildfire?
Escudilla Bonita's 189 buildings earn a 98th-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 Escudilla Bonita at the 98th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Escudilla Bonita's building exposure, zone by zone
189 buildings are counted in Escudilla Bonita, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Escudilla Bonita against the rest of the country
Escudilla Bonita's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Mexico (95th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Escudilla Bonita ranks 515 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,288 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 25 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Escudilla Bonita and the insurance market
At the 98th percentile nationally, Escudilla Bonita 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of Escudilla Bonita 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 189 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Escudilla Bonita. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Escudilla Bonita, see the exposure-zones guide.