Lee Acres, NM
How exposed is Lee Acres to wildfire?
Lee Acres sits at the 45th 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 2,892 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lee Acres at the 46th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lee Acres's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 53.9% of Lee Acres's 2,892 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 46.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Lee Acres against the rest of the country
Lee Acres ranks lower within New Mexico (12th percentile statewide) than its 45th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lee Acres ranks 17,275 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,599 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 435 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Lee Acres and the insurance market
Lee Acres's elevated wildfire rating (45th 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.
Hardening a home in Lee Acres
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lee Acres (53.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Lee Acres's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lee Acres, see the exposure-zones guide.