Valencia (Valencia), NM
Valencia (Valencia), NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Valencia (Valencia) lands at the 63rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,329 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Valencia (Valencia) at the 61st percentile, close to its 63rd-percentile risk score.
Valencia (Valencia)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Of Valencia (Valencia)'s 1,329 counted buildings, 91.7% carry Direct exposure and only 0.1% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Valencia (Valencia) compares
Valencia (Valencia)'s 63rd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 34th ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 29 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Valencia (Valencia) ranks 11,702 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,937 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 329 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Valencia (Valencia)
Valencia (Valencia)'s 63rd-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Valencia (Valencia)
With 91.7% of Valencia (Valencia) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Valencia (Valencia)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Valencia (Valencia)'s 11,702-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Valencia (Valencia)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.