Natural hazards · Hatch

Hatch, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hatch comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 44 claims here since 2000. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hatch?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hatch to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding70%Drought22%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Hatch faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 54 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hatch flood?

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

44paid claims since 2000

$3.4Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20002026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dona Ana County.

Disasters that hit Hatch

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HatchDeclared for Dona Ana County only

2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $9K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

440 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $651K to the Village of Hatch for repairs

Dona Ana County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Hatch is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hatch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Hatch. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.