Valencia (Santa Fe), NM
Valencia (Santa Fe), NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Valencia (Santa Fe) lands at the 97th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 81 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Valencia (Santa Fe) at the 93rd national percentile — 4 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Valencia (Santa Fe)'s building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Valencia (Santa Fe)'s buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 81 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Valencia (Santa Fe) compares
Valencia (Santa Fe)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to New Mexico (90th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (97th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Valencia (Santa Fe) ranks 978 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,859 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 51 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Valencia (Santa Fe)
Valencia (Santa Fe)'s very high rating (97th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Valencia (Santa Fe)
Because Direct exposure dominates in Valencia (Santa Fe) (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Valencia (Santa Fe)'s 978-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Valencia (Santa Fe), see the exposure-zones guide.