Santa Fe Foothills, NM
How exposed is Santa Fe Foothills to wildfire?
USFS scores Santa Fe Foothills at the 94th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 798 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Santa Fe Foothills at the 88th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Santa Fe Foothills's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Santa Fe Foothills's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 798 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Santa Fe Foothills ranks
There's little gap between Santa Fe Foothills's 94th national percentile and its 83rd percentile inside New Mexico, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Santa Fe Foothills ranks 1,801 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,651 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 88 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Santa Fe Foothills
At the 94th percentile nationally, Santa Fe Foothills 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 Santa Fe Foothills
Santa Fe Foothills'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 Santa Fe Foothills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Santa Fe Foothills's 1,801-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Santa Fe Foothills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.