Natural hazards · Catalpa Canyon

Catalpa Canyon, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Catalpa Canyon comes from inland flooding, 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 Catalpa Canyon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Catalpa Canyon to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves20%Earthquakes11%Lightning6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Catalpa Canyon faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Catalpa Canyon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Catalpa Canyon 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 Catalpa Canyon

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Catalpa CanyonDeclared for McKinley County only

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

Around Catalpa Canyon

Catalpa Canyon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gallupmostly inland floodingLow

Catalpa Canyonmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Catalpa Canyon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Catalpa Canyon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Catalpa Canyon. 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 Catalpa Canyon total about $432K 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.