Sacramento, NM
Sacramento, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sacramento sits at the 100th 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 103 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sacramento at the 100th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Sacramento's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Sacramento's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 103 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Sacramento ranks
Sacramento's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Mexico (100th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (100th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sacramento ranks 44 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,913 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 3 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sacramento
At the 100th percentile nationally, Sacramento 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Sacramento'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sacramento's 44-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sacramento, see the exposure-zones guide.