Vaughn, NM
Vaughn, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Vaughn at the 89th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 503 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Vaughn's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 88th percentile nationally.
Vaughn's building exposure, zone by zone
503 buildings are counted in Vaughn, and 79.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 20.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Vaughn against the rest of the country
Vaughn's 89th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 72nd ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 17 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vaughn ranks 3,568 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,291 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 140 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Vaughn
At the 89th percentile nationally, Vaughn carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Vaughn
Because 79.9% of Vaughn's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 503 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Vaughn. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Vaughn, see the exposure-zones guide.