Willard, NM
Willard wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Willard at the 79th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 205 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Willard at the 78th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Willard's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 62.9% of Willard's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 37.1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 129 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Willard ranks
Willard's 79th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 51st ranking inside New Mexico does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 28 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Willard ranks 6,779 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,666 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Mexico alone, it ranks 246 of 495 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Mexico on its state page.
Willard and the insurance market
At the 79th percentile nationally, Willard carries the 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 Willard
With 62.9% of Willard 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 Willard's 6,779-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Willard, see the exposure-zones guide.