Natural hazards · Angel Fire

Angel Fire, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Angel Fire comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Angel Fire?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Angel Fire to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire53%Inland flooding39%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Angel Fire faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Wildfire

53% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Angel Fire flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Angel Fire.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Angel Fire isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Colfax County.

Disasters that hit Angel Fire

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Angel Fire itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Angel Fire.

Brought FEMA money into Angel FireDeclared for Colfax County only

2022

Wildfires, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows

37 households applied for aid $45K aid approved $518K to the Village of Angel Fire for repairs

Colfax County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Angel Fire is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Angel Fire’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Angel Fire. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.