Natural hazards · Jemez Springs

Jemez Springs, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jemez Springs comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2002. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jemez Springs?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jemez Springs to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding54%Wildfire39%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Jemez Springs faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

39% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Jemez Springs flood?

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

1paid claims since 2002

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Jemez Springs 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 Jemez Springs

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Jemez SpringsDeclared for Sandoval County only

2022

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

$95K to the Village of Jemez Springs for repairs

Sandoval County has had 18 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. Jemez Springs covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jemez Springs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Jemez Springs. 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 Jemez Springs total about $3.1M 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.