Flora Vista, NM
Flora Vista wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Flora Vista lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,749 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Flora Vista at the 54th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Flora Vista's buildings actually sit
Of Flora Vista's 1,749 counted buildings, 76.6% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Flora Vista compares
Flora Vista's 56th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 24th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 32 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Flora Vista ranks 13,812 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,230 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 376 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
Flora Vista's elevated rating (56th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Flora Vista
With 76.6% of Flora Vista 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 Flora Vista's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Flora Vista's 13,812-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Flora Vista's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.