Texico, NM
How exposed is Texico to wildfire?
Texico sits at the 58th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 581 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Texico at the 56th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Texico rates 90.5% Minimal exposure against just 9.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 581 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Texico against the rest of the country
Texico ranks lower within New Mexico (27th percentile statewide) than its 58th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Texico ranks 13,340 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,098 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 362 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Texico and the insurance market
Texico's elevated rating (58th 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
With 90.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Texico gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Texico's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Texico's 13,340-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Texico's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.