West Hammond, NM
West Hammond wildfire risk explained
West Hammond sits at the 44th 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 1,806 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 West Hammond at the 44th percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
West Hammond's building exposure, zone by zone
74.5% of West Hammond's 1,806 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,346 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 25.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where West Hammond ranks
West Hammond ranks lower within New Mexico (10th percentile statewide) than its 44th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Hammond ranks 17,749 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,045 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 446 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
West Hammond's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in West Hammond
West Hammond's 74.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Hammond's 17,749-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond West Hammond, see the exposure-zones guide.