Mountain View, NM
Mountain View wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mountain View at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 84 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mountain View at the 55th percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Mountain View's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 84 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Mountain View against the rest of the country
Inside New Mexico, Mountain View sits at just the 23rd percentile even though it scores 55th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mountain View ranks 14,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,738 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 384 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 55th national percentile, Mountain View 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 100% of Mountain View 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.
Where Mountain View's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 84 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mountain View. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mountain View's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.