Wildfire risk in New Mexico
New Mexico: 33 counties covered
Across 33 New Mexico counties, the average wildfire-risk percentile is 82 — but that average hides real spread between counties, which is why each community in this dataset gets its own page rather than one statewide number.
- Otero County, NM — 98th percentile, Very High
- Roosevelt County, NM — 98th percentile, Very High
- Mora County, NM — 96th percentile, Very High
- Catron County, NM — 96th percentile, Very High
- Curry County, NM — 96th percentile, Very High
- Colfax County, NM — 96th percentile, Very High
- Lincoln County, NM — 96th percentile, Very High
- Lea County, NM — 93rd percentile, Very High
- Taos County, NM — 92nd percentile, Very High
- Union County, NM — 92nd percentile, Very High
- San Miguel County, NM — 91st percentile, Very High
- Quay County, NM — 91st percentile, Very High
- Grant County, NM — 90th percentile, Very High
- Hidalgo County, NM — 89th percentile, Very High
- Los Alamos County, NM — 88th percentile, Very High
- Rio Arriba County, NM — 88th percentile, Very High
- Sandoval County, NM — 87th percentile, Very High
- Guadalupe County, NM — 85th percentile, Very High
- Santa Fe County, NM — 85th percentile, Very High
- De Baca County, NM — 85th percentile, Very High
- Sierra County, NM — 84th percentile, Very High
- Chaves County, NM — 84th percentile, Very High
- Bernalillo County, NM — 82nd percentile, Very High
- Torrance County, NM — 82nd percentile, Very High
- Harding County, NM — 82nd percentile, Very High
- Socorro County, NM — 79th percentile, High
- Cibola County, NM — 76th percentile, High
- Eddy County, NM — 76th percentile, High
- Valencia County, NM — 54th percentile, Elevated
- McKinley County, NM — 50th percentile, Elevated
- San Juan County, NM — 49th percentile, Elevated
- Luna County, NM — 47th percentile, Elevated
- Doña Ana County, NM — 40th percentile, Moderate
The 10 highest-risk places in New Mexico on this site
Of the 495 New Mexico communities WildfireRiskFinder covers, these rank highest for wildfire risk nationally:
- Cloudcroft, NM — 100th percentile, Very High
- Twin Forks, NM — 100th percentile, Very High
- Sacramento, NM — 100th percentile, Very High
- Luna, NM — 100th percentile, Very High
- High Rolls, NM — 100th percentile, Very High
- Mayhill, NM — 100th percentile, Very High
- Mescalero, NM — 100th percentile, Very High
- Mogollon, NM — 100th percentile, Very High
- Nogal, NM — 99th percentile, Very High
- Ruidoso, NM — 99th percentile, Very High