Hope, NM
How exposed is Hope to wildfire?
USFS scores Hope at the 85th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 150 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hope at the 87th percentile, close to its 85th-percentile risk score.
Where Hope's buildings actually sit
150 buildings are counted in Hope, and 82.7% 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.
Where Hope ranks
Hope's 85th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 62nd ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 23 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hope ranks 4,856 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,888 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 191 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
Hope'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 Hope
With 82.7% of Hope 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 Hope's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hope's 4,856-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hope's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.