Veguita, NM
How exposed is Veguita to wildfire?
Veguita sits at the 62nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 151 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Veguita at the 60th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Veguita's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Veguita's 151 counted buildings, 86.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Veguita against the rest of the country
Veguita ranks lower within New Mexico (32nd percentile statewide) than its 62nd national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Veguita ranks 12,105 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,853 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 335 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Veguita and the insurance market
Veguita's high rating (62nd 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 Veguita
With 86.1% of Veguita 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Veguita's 12,105-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Veguita, see the exposure-zones guide.