Natural hazards · Crouch Mesa

Crouch Mesa, NM natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crouch Mesa?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crouch Mesa to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves12%Lightning5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Crouch Mesa 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 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Crouch Mesa flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Juan County.

Disasters that hit Crouch Mesa

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for San Juan County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Crouch Mesa itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Crouch MesaDeclared for San Juan County only

San Juan County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Crouch Mesa

Crouch Mesa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

South Rivermostly inland floodingHigh

Lee Acresmostly inland floodingModerate

Crouch Mesamostly inland floodingModerate

Farmingtonmostly inland floodingLow

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. Crouch Mesa covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Crouch Mesa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Crouch Mesa. 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 Crouch Mesa total about $724K 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.