Natural hazards · Kirtland AFB

Kirtland AFB, NM natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kirtland AFB?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kirtland AFB to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding49%Earthquakes37%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Kirtland AFB faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Kirtland AFB flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kirtland 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: Bernalillo County.

Disasters that hit Kirtland AFB

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Kirtland AFBDeclared for Bernalillo County only

Bernalillo County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

Around Kirtland AFB

Kirtland AFB and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Albuquerquemostly inland floodingLow

Kirtland AFBmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Kirtland AFB 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 Kirtland AFB’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kirtland AFB. 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.