Lordsburg, NM
How exposed is Lordsburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Lordsburg at the 64th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,768 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 Lordsburg at the 63rd percentile, close to its 64th-percentile risk score.
Lordsburg's building exposure, zone by zone
86.2% of Lordsburg's 1,768 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 13.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Lordsburg compares
Lordsburg's 64th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 35th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 29 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lordsburg ranks 11,412 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,161 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 321 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Lordsburg and the insurance market
Lordsburg's high rating (64th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Lordsburg's 86.2% 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.
Where Lordsburg's figures come from
Lordsburg's 64th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lordsburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.