Natural hazards · Church Rock

Church Rock, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Church Rock 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 Church Rock?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Church Rock to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves32%Lightning9%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Church Rock faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lightning

9% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Church Rock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Church Rock 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 Church Rock

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Church RockDeclared for McKinley County only

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

Around Church Rock

Church Rock and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gallupmostly inland floodingLow

Church Rockmostly inland floodingVery low

Iyanbitomostly inland floodingVery low

Sundancemostly 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. Church Rock covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Church Rock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Church Rock. 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 Church Rock total about $482K 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.