Hot Springs Landing, NM
Hot Springs Landing, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Hot Springs Landing sits at the 52nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 392 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hot Springs Landing's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
Where Hot Springs Landing's buildings actually sit
63% of Hot Springs Landing's 392 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 3.8% Direct and 33.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Hot Springs Landing ranks
Inside New Mexico, Hot Springs Landing sits at just the 18th percentile even though it scores 52nd 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, Hot Springs Landing ranks 15,197 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,370 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 404 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Hot Springs Landing and the insurance market
At the 52nd national percentile, Hot Springs Landing rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Hot Springs Landing's 63% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hot Springs Landing's 15,197-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hot Springs Landing, see the exposure-zones guide.