Natural hazards · Cannon AFB

Cannon AFB, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cannon AFB comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cannon AFB?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cannon AFB to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire33%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes14%Hail8%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Cannon AFB faces

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

Wildfire

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Cannon AFB flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Curry County.

Disasters that hit Cannon AFB

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Cannon AFBDeclared for Curry County only

Curry County has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Cannon AFB covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Cannon AFB total about $813K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.