Mountainair, NM
Mountainair, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mountainair sits at the 86th 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 958 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mountainair at the 84th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mountainair's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Mountainair's buildings (52%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Mountainair compares
Mountainair's 86th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 66th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 20 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mountainair ranks 4,448 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,246 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 171 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mountainair
At the 86th percentile nationally, Mountainair 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 Mountainair
Mountainair's 52% 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 Mountainair's figures come from
Mountainair's 86th-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 Mountainair's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.