Rosedale, NM
Rosedale, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Rosedale at the 76th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 344 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rosedale's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
344 buildings are counted in Rosedale, 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.
How Rosedale compares
Rosedale's 76th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 49th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rosedale ranks 7,478 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,471 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 255 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Rosedale and the insurance market
Rosedale's 76th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Rosedale
With 100% of Rosedale 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 Rosedale's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rosedale's 7,478-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rosedale's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.