Natural hazards · Holloman AFB

Holloman AFB, NM natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Holloman AFB?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Holloman AFB to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Lightning6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Holloman AFB faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingLandslidesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Holloman AFB flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Holloman AFB.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Otero County.

Disasters that hit Holloman AFB

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Otero County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Holloman AFB itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Holloman AFBDeclared for Otero County only

Otero County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Holloman AFB covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Holloman AFB’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Holloman AFB. 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 Holloman AFB total about $747K 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.