Natural hazards · Eldorado at Santa Fe

Eldorado at Santa Fe, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eldorado at Santa Fe 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 Eldorado at Santa Fe?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eldorado at Santa Fe to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding60%Wildfire27%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Eldorado at Santa Fe 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

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

27% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Eldorado at Santa Fe flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Eldorado at Santa Fe.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Santa Fe County.

Disasters that hit Eldorado at Santa Fe

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Santa Fe County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Eldorado at Santa Fe itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Eldorado at Santa FeDeclared for Santa Fe County only

Santa Fe County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Eldorado at Santa Fe covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eldorado at Santa Fe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Eldorado at Santa Fe. 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 Eldorado at Santa Fe total about $811K 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.