Lake Valley, NM
How exposed is Lake Valley to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lake Valley at the 10th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 68 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lake Valley at the 13th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lake Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Lake Valley's 68 counted buildings, 95.6% 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.
Where Lake Valley ranks
Lake Valley's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Mexico (0th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (10th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Valley ranks 28,241 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,361 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 495 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lake Valley
At the 10th national percentile, Lake Valley rates low 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
With 95.6% of Lake Valley 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 68 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lake Valley. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lake Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.