Natural hazards · Corrales

Corrales, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corrales comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corrales?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corrales to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Earthquakes15%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Corrales faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Corrales flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Corrales, from FEMA’s records.

9paid claims since 1980

$212Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sandoval County.

Disasters that hit Corrales

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorralesDeclared for Sandoval County only

2022

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

1 household applied for aid

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$140K to the Village of Corrales for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$310K to the Village of Corrales for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$132K to the Village of Corrales for repairs

Sandoval County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

Around Corrales

Corrales and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Corralesmostly inland floodingModerate

Albuquerquemostly inland floodingLow

Rio Ranchomostly 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. Corrales covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Corrales’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Corrales. 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 Corrales total about $3.4M 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.