South Acomita Village, NM
How exposed is South Acomita Village to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, South Acomita Village lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 77 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks South Acomita Village at the 47th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where South Acomita Village's buildings actually sit
100% of South Acomita Village's 77 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 77 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
South Acomita Village against the rest of the country
Inside New Mexico, South Acomita Village sits at just the 13th percentile even though it scores 46th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Acomita Village ranks 17,147 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,022 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 434 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
South Acomita Village's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
South Acomita Village'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 77 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for South Acomita Village. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond South Acomita Village, see the exposure-zones guide.