Natural hazards · Becenti

Becenti, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Becenti comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Becenti?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Becenti to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding63%Cold waves21%Earthquakes7%Lightning6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Becenti faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Becenti flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McKinley County.

Disasters that hit Becenti

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for McKinley County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Becenti itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BecentiDeclared for McKinley County only

McKinley County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Becenti 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 Becenti’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Becenti. 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.