San Ysidro (Sandoval), NM
How exposed is San Ysidro (Sandoval) to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts San Ysidro (Sandoval) at the 74th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 239 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks San Ysidro (Sandoval) at the 72nd national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where San Ysidro (Sandoval)'s buildings actually sit
Of San Ysidro (Sandoval)'s 239 counted buildings, 95.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
San Ysidro (Sandoval) against the rest of the country
San Ysidro (Sandoval)'s 74th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 46th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 29 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, San Ysidro (Sandoval) ranks 8,106 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,503 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 269 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 74th percentile nationally, San Ysidro (Sandoval) carries the 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
With 95.8% of San Ysidro (Sandoval) 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind San Ysidro (Sandoval)'s 8,106-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond San Ysidro (Sandoval), see the exposure-zones guide.