Las Maravillas, NM
How exposed is Las Maravillas to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Las Maravillas lands at the 57th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 628 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Las Maravillas at the 57th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Las Maravillas's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Las Maravillas (83% of 628 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 17% sit in the Direct zone.
How Las Maravillas compares
Las Maravillas ranks lower within New Mexico (25th percentile statewide) than its 57th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Las Maravillas ranks 13,527 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,470 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 370 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Las Maravillas and the insurance market
Las Maravillas's elevated wildfire rating (57th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 83% of Las Maravillas'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.
Where Las Maravillas's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Las Maravillas's 13,527-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Las Maravillas's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.