Los Luceros, NM
How exposed is Los Luceros to wildfire?
Los Luceros sits at the 80th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 614 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Los Luceros at the 73rd national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Los Luceros's buildings actually sit
614 buildings are counted in Los Luceros, and 81.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Los Luceros ranks
Los Luceros's 80th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 52nd ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Los Luceros ranks 6,432 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,641 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 238 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 80th percentile nationally, Los Luceros carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Los Luceros
With 81.3% of Los Luceros 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
Los Luceros's 80th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Los Luceros, see the exposure-zones guide.