Ventura, NM
Ventura, NM's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ventura sits at the 55th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 383 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ventura at the 53rd percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Where Ventura's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Ventura's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 383 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Ventura against the rest of the country
Inside New Mexico, Ventura sits at just the 22nd percentile even though it scores 55th nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ventura ranks 14,317 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,567 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 388 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Ventura and the insurance market
Ventura's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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 Ventura
Because Direct exposure dominates in Ventura (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 Ventura's 14,317-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ventura, see the exposure-zones guide.