Energy, Minerals and Natural
Resources Department, Forestry
Division
2021
COMMUNITIES AT RISK ASSESSMENT PLAN
847 Communities at Risk/69 CWPPs Completed
Photo: Lake Fork Fire, Jemez Mountains, November 6, 2021 – EMNRD, Forestry Division
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Prepared by the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), Forestry Division:
Laura McCarthy, State Forester
Donald Griego, Deputy Director for Fire
Vernon Muller, Resource Protection Bureau Chief
Charles Alcon, Law Enforcement Officer
Robert Brown, Program Manager
Wendy Mason, Wildfire Prevention and Communications Coordinator
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 3
2020 Accomplishments 5
Table 1 – Completed Community Wildfire Protection Plans 6
Table 2 – List of Communities at Risk 9
Maps 1 – CWPP Coverage 32
Maps 2 – CWPP Risk Rating 33
Appendix 1 – Community Wildfire Protection Plan Checklist 34
Appendix 2 – Reference List 36
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The 2003 New Mexico Legislature created the New Mexico Fire Planning Task Force (NM-FPTF) to
identify the state’s Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas most vulnerable to wildland fires and develop
standards for building codes and ordinances to reduce the threat of wildland fires to those communities.
WUI CODES
The NM-FPTF adheres to the International Code Council’s Wildland Urban Interface Code. New Mexico
counties and communities are encouraged to adopt these codes and ordinances to further reduce the
threat of wildland fires to their communities.
CWPP
The NM-FPTF reviews new or updated Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) each year and
approves those that meet all criteria set forth by the Healthy Forest Restoration Act. Completed and
approved CWPP are placed within the Fire Management section of the Forestry Division’s website,
https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/.
Each CWPP contains a list of the communities at risk from wildfire. These are compiled to create the
New Mexico Communities at Risk list (see Table 2). Communities are added or deleted, and ratings
may be changed, with the development of a new CWPP or with the revision of an older CWPP. The
NM-FPTF publishes all updates and revisions to the list and provides a final report to the Governor and
New Mexico Legislature by December 15th of each year.
History (CPZ to CWPP)
In 2003, the state was divided into 18 Community Protection Zones (CPZ). Inside these zones were
234 communities that were evaluated for their wildland fire risk. Using standard hazard risk rating
methodology, these communities were rated as high, medium, or low risk. Since then, the communities
have been encouraged to develop a CWPP. All communities initially identified in the CPZs have since
been reevaluated in the formation of their CWPP.
Value of a CWPP
A CWPP should identify areas that need vegetative fuels removed to reduce wildfire risk and severity,
suggest methods to reduce structural ignitability, and evaluate a community’s firefighting capacity. This
planning process helps unite communities by identifying their risk to wildfire, their community values,
and their critical infrastructure. Factored together, these concerns should produce a prioritized list of
vulnerable areas to be treated, as well as the potential treatment options.
The CWPPs provide communities with opportunities to influence where and how federal agencies
implement fuel reduction projects on federal lands, and the distribution of federal funds for projects on
non-federal lands. Many funding options and grants require a jurisdiction to be included in a current and
approved CWPP. The communities listed annually in this publication will replace the January 2001
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Federal Register listing for communities at risk. The information will be forwarded to federal cooperators
for their use and will reside on the EMNRD, Forestry Division’s website https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/.
It should be noted that the communities listed within a CWPP are by no means a complete list of areas
at risk from wildland fire. Each CWPP has made a concerted effort to list all the communities within
their plan’s boundaries. The Communities at Risk Subcommittee recognizes that some communities in
New Mexico are not currently listed in a CWPP. The NM-FPTF encourages all communities within New
Mexico to be in a CWPP.
How do I get started?
A CWPP can take a variety of forms based on the publication “Preparing a Community Wildfire
Protection Plan: A Handbook for Wildland-Urban Interface Communities”, available at
https://www.eforester.org/. Communities are encouraged to contact their local Forestry Division district
office for assistance when developing or revising a CWPP, and for information on Wildland Urban
Interface Codes and fuel hazard reduction programs.
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2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The NM-FPTF updated and adopted four CWPPs. The 2021 totals are 69 CWPPs for New Mexico (see
Table 1 for a list of plans). The NM-FPTF agrees that all CWPPs should be updated within five years of
their adoption by the NM-FPTF. A letter has been sent to all CWPP participants to advise them of the
update requirements.
These 69 CWPPs identify 847 communities at risk from wildland fire. Of the 847 communities, 405 are
listed as high risk, 290 are listed as medium risk, and 152 are listed as low risk from wildland fire (see
Table 2).
Requests for fuel reduction projects to address wildfire threats to communities continue to exceed the
available funding. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS) has
made funds available for these treatments through the National Fire Plan. The United States
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), through an agreement with New
Mexico Counties (NMC), has funded both hazardous fuels treatments as well as public outreach and
education projects across the state. Local community groups with state and federal partners continue to
develop CWPPs, identify fuel hazard reduction projects, and treat acres across the state.
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TABLE 1
COMPLETED COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLANS 2020
CWPP Name
Year of Completion
Angel Fire
2009/2017
Bernalillo County - East Mountains
2015
Bernalillo County - Middle Rio Grande
Conservancy District
2007
Catron County
2005/2015
Chaves County
2010/2014
Cibola County
2006/2020
Claunch-Pinto
2008/2017
Colfax County
2008
Colfax County - Ute Park
2006
Colfax County - Taos Pines
2006
Colfax County - Hidden Lake
2006/2017
Colfax County - Elk Ridge
2006
Curry County
2008/2017
Cimarron Watershed Alliance Communities
2008
De Baca County
2008
Dona Ana County
2012
East Mountain
2006/2015
Eddy County
2008
Enchanted Circle
2005
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Grant County
2010/2015/2020
Guadalupe County
2008
Harding County
2008
Hidalgo County
2009
Lea County
2008
Lincoln County
2008/2014/2019
Los Alamos County
2009/2017
Luna County
2010
McKinley County
2008/2013/2018
Middle Rio Grande Bosque
2008
Mora County
2005/2019
Otero County
2004/2014/2020
Quay County
2008
Questa
2008
Rio Arriba County
2007/2017
Roosevelt County
2008
Ruidoso Area
2004/2015
Sandoval County
2008
San Juan Basin
2006/2014/2021
San Miguel County
2008/2019
Santa Clara Pueblo
2007
Santa Fe County
2008/2015/2020
Sierra County
2005/2012/2019
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Socorro County
2006
Taos County
2009/2017
Taos County – Taos Canyon
2021
Taos County – Gallina Canyon/San Cristobal
2021
Taos Pueblo
2009
Taos County - Peñasco
2012/2018
Taos County – Taos Ski Valley
2017
Torrance County
2008/2017
Union County
2008
Upper Chama
2008
Valencia
2012/2018
Community Wildfire Protection Plans may be viewed at https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/.
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TABLE 2
Communities at Risk List 2021
Rating in parentheses shows different ranking from a different plan. Some CWPPs are for an entire county,
and some are for local areas within a county, which means that some communities are in more than one
CWPP. However, each community is only listed once in Table 2. Risk Rating: High Risk, Medium Risk, Low
Risk.
GOVERNMENT/RISK RATING
COMMUNITY
TOTAL COMMUNITIES
Bernalillo County
32
High Risk
19
Canoncito
Canyon Estates
Casa Loma
Cedar Crest
Cedar
Chilili Land Grant
Dennis Chavez Estates
El Refugio
El Tablazon
Forest Park
Los Pinos
Ponderosa
Ponderosa Pine
Primera Agua
Rincon
San Antonio
Sandia Knolls
Sandia Park
Tijeras
Medium Risk
13
Albuquerque
Alley Place
Barton
Carnuel
Escabosa
Forest (historical)
Juan Tomas
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
Miera
San Antonio
Sedillo
Yrisarri
Zamora
Low Risk
0
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Catron County
18
High Risk
12
Apache Creek
Aragon
Datil Area
Davenport
Elk Springs
Jewett Gap
Luna
Mogollon
Quemado Lake Estates
Rancho Grande Estates
Reserve
Willow Creek
Medium Risk
6
Coyote Creek
Cruzville
Glenwood
Horse Mountain
Pie Town
Wildhorse
Low Risk
0
Chaves County
23
High Risk
4
Lake Arthur
Penasco Valley
Roswell, Northeast
Tierra Grande
Medium Risk
19
Country Club
Dexter
District 8
Dunken
Dunken/Penasco School
East Grand Plains
Hagerman
Lake Van
Midway
Penasco 1 FD
Penasco 2 FD
Rio Felix FD
Roswell, East
Roswell, Northeast
Roswell, Northwest
Roswell, South
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Roswell, Southwest
Roswell, West
South Spring Acres
Low Risk
0
Cibola County
38
High Risk
9
Bluewater Acres
Candy Kitchen
Cibola Trails
La Jara
Lobo Canyon – Cantina Acres
Oso Ridge
Pinehill
San Mateo
Timberlake
Medium Risk
12
Acoma Pueblo
Bibo – Cebolletita - Moquino
Bluewater
Cloh Chin Toh
El Morro Ranches
Fence Lake
Grants
McGaffey Pines
Pine Meadows
San Rafael
Seboyeta
Techado
Low Risk
17
Acomita – North Acomita
Cubero
El Morro
James Valley – Tierra Verde
Laguna
McCartys
Mesita – El Rito
Milan
Mountain View
Nicoll
Ojo Caliente
Paguate
Paraje – Casa Blanca
San Fidel
Seama – Philadelphia -
Harrisburg
Skyline - Ganipa
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Toltec
Colfax County
33
High Risk
12
Angel Fire
Black Lake/Black Lake Resort
Cimarron
Elk Ridge
Hidden Lake
Idlewild
Lakeview Pines
Raton
Sugarite Canyon State Park
Taos Pines
Ute Park
Vermejo Park Ranch
Headquarters
Medium Risk
14
Agua Fria
Bartlett
Carisbrooke
Colfax
Gardiner
Linwood
Maxwell
Miami
Philmont Headquarters
Pine Forest Estates
Rayado
Springer – Taylor Springs
Whittington Center
Yankee
Low Risk
7
Abbott
Eagle Nest
Elizabethtown
Farley
NM Boys School
Sugarite
Tinaja
Curry County
11
High Risk
1
Melrose
Medium Risk
9
Bellview
Broadview
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Clovis
Grady
Hachita Hills
Jack Rabbit Run
Sun Ridge Estates
Turquoise Estates
Van Acres
Low Risk
1
Clovis Industrial Park
De Baca County
6
High Risk
4
Lake Sumner
Sunnyside (Old Town)
Taiban
Yeso
Medium Risk
2
Fort Sumner
Valley
Low Risk
0
Dona Ana County
11
High Risk
7
Dripping Springs
Fairacres
Garfield
Las Alturas (Talavera)
Mesilla
Radium Springs
Rincon
Medium Risk
4
Chaparral
Dona Ana
Hatch
Vado – La Mesa
Low Risk
0
Eddy County
17
High Risk
2
Queen
Whites City
Medium Risk
6
Artesia
Carlsbad
Joel
Loco Hills
Malaga
Riverside
Low Risk
9
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Atoka
Carlsbad Caverns
Cottonwood
Happy Valley
Hope
La Huerta
Loving
Otis
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Grant County
47
High Risk
37
Chisholm Ranch Subdivision
Cleveland Mine Road - Pinos
Mountain
Copper Ridge Subdivision
Cottage San Road
East Peterson - West Racetrack
East Racetrack - Santa Clara
Faywood
Feeley Subdivision
Flying A Subdivision
Gila
Gila Hot Springs - Gila Cliff
Dwellings
Hanover – Fierro – Santa Rita
District
Indian Hills Subdivision
Lake Roberts
Lake Roberts Heights
LS Mesa
Mangus Springs
Mangus Terrance – Bellwood
Mobile Home Park
Mimbres Hot Springs Ranch
Mule Creek
North Swan and Dos Griegos
Oakwood Estates and Estates 2
Old Arenas Valley Road
Owens Road
Paradise Acres 1
Paradise Acres 2
Pine Cienega
Pinos Altos
River Glen Subdivision
Rosedale – West Peterson
San Juan
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Sunrise Estates
Table Butte (Greenwood)
Trout Valley
Viva Santa Ria Subdivision
Wagon Wheel Subdivision
Wind Canyon and Wind Canyon 2
Medium Risk
10
Buckhorn
Cliff
Cullum Estates Subdivision
Fort Bayard
Hachita Town Site
Loma Blanca and Loma Blanca 2
Riverside
Silver Acres – Quail Ridge –
Ridge RD Mobile Home Park
Truck Bypass RD – American and
Peaceful Valley Mobile Home
Park
Tyrone Town Site
Low Risk
0
Guadalupe County
9
High Risk
1
Milargo
Medium Risk
5
Anton Chico
Colonias
Pastura
Pintada
Puerto de Luna
Low Risk
3
Newkirk - Cuervo
Santa Rosa
Vaughn
Harding County
3
High Risk
0
Medium Risk
1
Mosquero
Low Risk
2
Roy
Solano
Hidalgo County
13
High Risk
1
I-10 Corridor
Medium Risk
6
Big Hatchet Peak
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Gila Neblett Valley
Gillespie Mountain
Rodeo Rancho Cielo
Steins
Virden
Low Risk
6
Animas
Antelope Wells and Port of Entry
Cotton City
Playas
Rodeo
Shakespeare
Lea County
8
High Risk
8
Eunice
Hobbs
Jay
Knowles
Lovington
Maljamar
Monument
Tatum
Medium Risk
0
Low Risk
0
Lincoln County
33
High Risk
27
Alto
Ancho
Angus
Arabela
Bonito
Carrizo Canyon
Cedar Creek - Alpine Village
Copper Ridge
Copper Ridge 2
Corona
Eagle Creek
Eagle Creek 2
Enchanted Forest
Fawn Ridge
Gavilan Canyon
Glencoe
Lincoln
Loma Grande
Nogal
Outlaw
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Ranches of Sonterra
Ruidoso
Ruidoso Downs
Sierra Vista
Sun Valley - Sierra Vista
Villa Madonna
White Oaks
Medium Risk
3
Hondo/Tinnie
Rainmakers
Ranches of Ruidoso
Low Risk
3
Capitan
Carrizozo
Fort Stanton
Los Alamos County
2
High Risk
2
Los Alamos
White Rock
Medium Risk
0
Low Risk
0
Luna County
21
High Risk
6
Highway 11
Highway 180 and Railroad
Highway 26
Highway 9 East
Highway 9 West
I-10 and Railroad
Medium Risk
3
Dairy Farms
International Border Fence
Sunshine (historical)
Low Risk
12
Chance City (historical)
Columbus
Cookes Peak
El Paso Natural Gas Monitoring
Station
Florida Mountains
Florida Mountains Communication
Site
Johnson Peak Communication
Site
Nutt and Communication Site
Rattlesnake Lane
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Savoy and El Paso Gas Plant
Victorio Peak Community Site
Red Mountain
McKinley County
47
High Risk
13
Black Rock
Bluewater Acres
Bluewater Lake - Homer C. Jones
Subdivision
Cousins Trading Post
McGaffey
McGaffey Lake - Tampico Springs
Ramah
Ramah - Black Rock Corridor
Timberlake
Timberlake - Box S Ranch
Tse-Yah-Toh
Zuni Pueblo WUI - Black Rock
Zuni
Medium Risk
18
Black Rock - Vanderwagen
Corridor
Chi Chil Tah
Fort Wingate
Iyanbito
Manuelito Area
Mariano Lake
Navajo
Navajo Estates (Yah-Ta-Hey–Tse
Bonito Corridor)
Noble Acres
Pinehaven - Bread Springs
South Navajo - Highway 12
Corridor
Thoreau
Tohatchi
Tse Bonito
Vanderwagen - Sagar Estates
Whispering Cedars
Yah-ta-hey
Zuni Pueblo (Highway 53
Corridor)
Low Risk
16
Church Rock
Continental Divide (Thoreau Area)
Coyote Canyon
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Crownpoint
Gallup
Gamerco – Twin Lakes Corridor
Mentmore Area
Nahodishgish
Nakaibito - Mexican Springs
Pinedale - Mariano Lake
Prewitt
Pueblo Pintado Area
Rehoboth
Rock Springs
San Mateo
Standing Rock
Mora County
34
High Risk
14
Canada Bonita
Christmas Tree Canyon
Cielo Vista
El Turquillo
Gascon
Guadalupita
Los Alamitos
Los LeFebres Mesa
Lujan and Luna Canyon
Monte Aplanado
Rio de la Casa
Sierra Bonita - Rincon
Trumble Canyon Area
Vallecitos
Medium Risk
12
Abuelo
Buena Vista
Chacon
Cleveland
El Carmen
Holman
La Cueva
Ledoux
Los Huerros
Lucero
Mora
Puertocito
Low Risk
8
Golondrinas
Ocate
Ojo Feliz
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Rainsville
Watrous
Wagon Mound
Optimo – Ciruela - Levy
Alamito
Otero County
19
High Risk
17
Bent
Burro Flats
Cloudcroft
Cox Canyon
Dry Canyon
Dungan VFD District
High Rolls – Mountain Park
James Canyon
La Luz
Mayhill
Mescalero
Sacramento
Sixteen Springs
Sunspot
Timberon
U.S. Highway 82 Corridor
Weed
Medium Risk
2
Alamogordo
Village of Tularosa
Low Risk
0
Quay County
21
High Risk
6
House
Logan
Pajarito
Plaza Largo
San Jon
Tucumcari
Medium Risk
6
Endee Truck Stop
Lesbia
Montoya
Nara Visa
Porter
Ute Lake Ranch
Low Risk
9
Bard
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Endee
Forrest
Glenrio
Ima
Jordan
McAlister
Quay
Ute Lake State Park
Rio Arriba County
91
High Risk
27
Abiquiu
Alcalde
Ancones
Barranco
Biggs (historical)
Brazos Canyon
Buckman Road
Canones
Canones Creek
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic
Railroad
Diamente (historical)
Dulce
El Guique
Estaca
Hernandez
Mesa de Poleo
La Canova
Las Tusas
Los Pinos
Los Silvestres
Lyden
Pinon Ridge
Ponderosa Estates
Rio Chama
San Juan Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo
Velarde
Medium Risk
49
Brazos
Canjilon
Canon
Canon Plaza
Cerrito de Baca
Chama
Chama West
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Chamita
Chili
Cordova
Dixon
El Rito
El Vado
Espanola
Fairview
Gallina
Ghost Ranch
Guachupangue
Highland Estates
La Cueva
La Madera
La Mesilla
La Puente
La Zorra
Laguna Vista
Las Tablas
Llaves
Los Luceros
Lybrook
Medanales
Nutrias
Navajo City
Ojo Caliente
Ojo Sarco
Petaca
Placitas
Placita Garcia
Plaza Blanca
Rutheron
Santa California
San Pedro
Servilleta Plaza
Shadow Mountain
Tierra Amarilla
Tierra Azul
Tres Piedras
Truchas
Vallecitos
Youngsville
Low Risk
15
Abiquiu Lake Subdivision
Cebolla
Coyote
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Embudo
Ensenada
Laguna Jacques
La Puente
Lindrith
Los Brazos
Los Ojos
Lumberton
Piedra Lumbre Estates
Rio Chama Estates
Rinconada
Tierra Amarilla
Rio Arriba County/Santa Fe
County
2
High Risk
0
Medium Risk
0
Low Risk
2
Chimayo
Cordova
Roosevelt County
11
High Risk
7
Dora
Elida
Floyd
Kenna
Milnesand
Pep
Tolar
Medium Risk
0
Low Risk
4
Arch
Causey
Portales
Rogers
San Juan County
13
High Risk
10
Blanco
Bloomfield
Center Point - Cedar Hill
Farmington
Fruitland - Kirtland
Hart Valley
La Plata
Lee Acres
Sullivan Road
Water Flow
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Medium Risk
3
Aztec
Flora Vista
Navajo Dam
Low Risk
0
San Miguel County
34
High Risk
30
Bernal – Tecolote - Lagunita
Bull Creek
Canoncito
Colonias (Upper/Lower)
Cowles
Dalton Canyon
El Porvenir
Gallinas
Gonzales Ranch
Grass Mountain
Hidden Valley
Highway 84
Las Vegas, North and West
Las Tusas
Lower Pecos Canyon
Mineral Hill
Montezuma
Pecos - East Pecos
Pecos River Valley
Pendaries Village
Rociada Valley
Romeroville - Ojitos Frios
San Ignacio – Las Tusas
Sapello - Tierra Monte
Tecolotito
Tererro - Tres Lagunas
Trujillo
Upper Gallinas
Villanueva - Pecos River Valley
Windsor Creek - Holy Ghost
Medium Risk
4
Conchas Lake
Las Vegas - Southeast
Sabinoso
Trementina - Variado
Low Risk
0
Sandoval County
40
High Risk
23
485 Corridor
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Algodones
Areas 1, 2, 3 (Jemez Springs)
Canada
Canon
Chaparral Girl Scout Camp
Cochiti Mesa
Corrales
Deer Lake
Evergreen Hills Subdivision
Girl Scout Camp
Jemez Springs
La Cueva
La Madera
Placitas
Ponderosa North
Ponderosa South
Regina
Rio de Las Vacas
Seven Springs
Sierra de los Pinos
Taylor
Thompson Ridge
Medium Risk
16
126 Corridor
Angostura
Bernalillo
Budaghers
Cochiti Lake
Cochiti Pueblo
Cuba
Jemez Pueblo
La Jara
Pena Blanca
Puertecito
Rio Rancho
San Felipe Pueblo
Sile
Valle Grande
Zia Pueblo
Low Risk
1
San Ysidro
Santa Fe County
42
High Risk
27
Apache Ridge
Arroyo Hondo
Bella Vista
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Bishops Lodge
Canada de los Alamos
Canoncito
Cedar Grove
Edgewood
El Dorado
Galisteo
Glorieta Pass
Hyde Park
La Barberia
La Cueva Canyon
La Jolla
Lamy
Los Cerrillos
Madrid
Mailbox Road
Ojo De La Vaca
Old Santa Fe Trail
Pacheco Canyon
San Marcos and Turquoise Trail
San Pedro
Tano Road
Thunder Mountain
Turquoise
Medium Risk
14
Arroyo Hondo
Chimayo
Chupadero
Cundiyo
La Cienega
La Tierra
Los Pinos
Nambe Pueblo
Pojoaque
Pojoaque Pueblo
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Sombrillo and Cuartelez
Tesuque
Tesuque Pueblo
Low Risk
1
Las Campanas
Sierra County
25
High Risk
14
Animas Creek
Arrey - Derry Bosque
Chiz
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Chloride
Hermosa
Kingston
Lake Valley
Lake Valley Historic District
Mims Pond
Monticello
Placitas
Poverty Creek
Rio Grande Corridor - Palomas
Seco Subdivision
Medium Risk
10
Arrey - Derry
Caballo
Caballo Lake Lease Lots
Cuchillo
Elephant Butte
King Canyon
Oasis
Palomas
Truth or Consequences
Winston
Low Risk
1
Hillsboro
Socorro County
17
High Risk
12
Abeytas
Bernardo
Bosquecito
Hop Canyon
Jarales
La Joya
Mill Canyon
Pueblito
Sabinal
San Acacia
San Pedro
Veguita
Medium Risk
5
Lemitar
Magdalena
San Antonio
Socorro
Water Canyon
Low Risk
0
Taos County
69
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High Risk
22
Apache Canyon
Cabresto Canyon
Carson
Deer Mesa
El Salto
Gallina Canyon
Kiowa Village
Lama
Pinabete Hills
Pot Creek
Questa
Shady Brook
Sipapu – Tres Ritos – Angostura
Taos Canyon - Rio Fernando
Taos Pueblo
Taos Ski Valley
Tierra Blanca
Town of Red River
Town of Taos
Turley Mill
Valle Escondido
Vallecitos
Medium Risk
28
Amalia
Arroyo Hondo
Arroyo Seco
Canon
Chamisal
Costilla
El Valle - Ojito
Las Trampas
Latir
Llano Llegua Road
Llano Quemado
Llano San Juan
Ojo Sarco
Penasco
Pilar
Red River
Rodarte - Llano Largo
San Cristobal
Santa Barbara
Talpa
Three Peaks
Tres Orejas
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Tres Piedras
Two Peaks
Upper Red River Valley
Vadito
Valdez
Wiemer Heights
Low Risk
19
Cerro
Des Montes
El Prado
Los Cordovas
Lower Des Montes
Lower Rio Pueblo - Gold Course
Ojo Caliente
Picuris Pueblo
Placita
Ranchos De Taos
Rio Lucio
Rio Pueblo
Stagecoach
Star
Sunshine Valley
Taos
Taos Mesa
Ventero
Vista Linda
Torrance County
27
High Risk
18
A 102
Deer Canyon Preserve
Duran
Echo Hills (Loop)
Forest Road 422
Forest Valley Ranch
Fourth of July Campground
Game Road
Loma Parda
Manzano
Manzano Morning
McIntosh
Punta de Agua
Red Bluff
Sherwood Forest
Tajique
Torreon
Willard
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Medium Risk
8
Clines Corners
Encino
Estancia
Mission Hills
Moriarty
Mountainair
Sunset Acres
Sweetwater Hills Subdivision
Low Risk
1
Homestead Estates
Union County
12
High Risk
0
Medium Risk
2
Capulin
Folsom
Low Risk
10
Amistad
Clayton
Des Moines
Gladstone
Grenville
Hayden
Mount Dora
Sedan
Strong City
Thomas
Valencia County
18
High Risk
13
Bosque Farms
Casa Colorado
City of Rio Communities
El Cerro Mission
Las Maravillas
Los Chavez
Los Lunas Bosque
Meadow Lake
Peralta
Salomon Estates
Tierra Grande
Tome
Valencia
Medium Risk
0
Low Risk
5
Belen
Highland Meadows
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Jarales
Los Lunas
Southwest Mesa
Total Count of 2025 Rating
High
405
Medium
290
Low
152
Total
847
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APPENDIX 1
Community Wildfire Protection Plan
1
Summary and Checklist Step One: Convene Decision Makers
•
Form a core team made up of representatives from the appropriate local governments, local fire
authority, and state agency responsible for forest management.
Step Two: Engage Interested Parties
•
Contact and encourage active involvement in plan development from a broad range of interested
organizations and stakeholders.
•
Identify and engage local representatives of the USFS and BLM.
•
Contact and involve other land management agencies as appropriate.
Step Three: Establish a Community Base Map
•
Work with partners to establish a baseline map of the community that defines the community’s WUI
and displays inhabited areas at risk, forested areas that contain critical human infrastructure, and
forest areas at risk for large- scale fire disturbance.
Step Four: Identify Problems to Be Addressed
•
Work with partners to identify problems to be addressed, including fuel hazards; risk of wildfire
occurrence; structural ignitability; local preparedness capability; and location of homes, businesses,
essential infrastructure, and other community values at risk.
•
This “community risk assessment” can be simple or complex depending on the resources available to
the community and partners.
Step Five: Establish Community Priorities and Recommendations
•
Use the base map and community risk assessment to facilitate a collaborative community
discussion that leads to the identification of local priorities for fuel treatment, reducing structural
ignitability, and improving fire response capability.
•
Clearly indicate whether priority projects are directly related to protection of communities and
essential infrastructure or to reducing wildfire risks to other community values.
Step Six: Develop an Action Plan and Assessment Strategy
•
Consider developing a detailed implementation strategy to accompany the CWPP, as well as a
monitoring plan that will ensure its long-term success.
Step Seven: Complete the Community Wildfire Protection Plan
•
Consider the CWPP complete for the year and date stamp the document.
•
Communicate the results to the community and partners.
•
Collect information to update the plan for revision the following year.
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1
This checklist was adapted from the publication “Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan: A handbook for Wildland-Urban Interface
Communities” that can be downloaded from https://www.iafc.org. The checklist was modified by the New Mexico Fire Planning Task Force for use in
New Mexico.
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APPENDIX 2
REFERENCE LIST
Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Hazard Assessment Methodology. NWCG. (undated).
A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment. 10-Year
Comprehensive Strategy Implementation Plan. May 2002.
FIELD GUIDANCE Identifying and Prioritizing Communities at Risk. National Association of State Foresters.
June 2003.
Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, A handbook for Wildland-Urban Interface Communities.
Society of American Foresters. March 2004.
