Totah Vista, NM
Totah Vista, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Totah Vista's 207 buildings earn a 37th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Totah Vista at the 37th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Totah Vista's buildings (84.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Totah Vista against the rest of the country
Totah Vista ranks lower within New Mexico (6th percentile statewide) than its 37th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Totah Vista ranks 19,950 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,612 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 467 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Totah Vista
Totah Vista's moderate wildfire rating (37th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Totah Vista
Totah Vista's 84.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Totah Vista's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Totah Vista, see the exposure-zones guide.