Rock Springs, NM
Rock Springs, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rock Springs's 353 buildings earn a 32nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rock Springs at the 31st percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
Rock Springs's building exposure, zone by zone
353 buildings are counted in Rock 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.
Rock Springs against the rest of the country
Rock Springs ranks lower within New Mexico (3rd percentile statewide) than its 32nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rock Springs ranks 21,334 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,240 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 479 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 32nd national percentile, Rock Springs rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Rock Springs
Rock Springs's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Rock Springs's figures come from
Rock Springs's 32nd-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 Rock Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.