Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Los Ranchos de Albuquerque at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 3,599 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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque at the 40th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque rates 60.9% Minimal exposure against just 38.9% Direct and 0.2% Indirect — of 3,599 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Los Ranchos de Albuquerque compares
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque ranks lower within New Mexico (9th percentile statewide) than its 43rd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque ranks 18,119 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,650 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 451 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
At the 43rd national percentile, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque rates elevated 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 60.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's figures come from
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's 43rd-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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.