Manzano Springs, NM
How exposed is Manzano Springs to wildfire?
Manzano Springs sits at the 96th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 114 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Manzano Springs at the 95th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Manzano Springs's buildings actually sit
114 buildings are counted in Manzano Springs, and 100% 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 Manzano Springs ranks
There's little gap between Manzano Springs's 96th national percentile and its 88th percentile inside New Mexico, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Manzano Springs ranks 1,294 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,463 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 61 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Manzano Springs and the insurance market
At the 96th percentile nationally, Manzano Springs carries the very 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 Manzano Springs
With 100% of Manzano Springs 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 114 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Manzano Springs. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Manzano Springs, see the exposure-zones guide.