Hatch, NM
How exposed is Hatch to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hatch at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 924 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hatch at the 60th percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Hatch's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Hatch (77% of 924 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 23.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Hatch against the rest of the country
Inside New Mexico, Hatch sits at just the 32nd percentile even though it scores 61st 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, Hatch ranks 12,201 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,517 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 337 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hatch
At the 61st percentile nationally, Hatch carries the 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.
Hardening a home in Hatch
Because 77% of Hatch'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 Hatch's 12,201-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hatch, see the exposure-zones guide.