Natural hazards · La Cienega

La Cienega, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Cienega 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 La Cienega?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Cienega to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding63%Wildfire30%Everything else8%

By hazard

What La Cienega faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% 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 La Cienega flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in La Cienega.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. La Cienega 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 La Cienega

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into La CienegaDeclared for Santa Fe County only

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

Around La Cienega

La Cienega and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

La Cienegamostly inland floodingHigh

Santa Femostly 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. La Cienega 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 La Cienega’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to La Cienega. 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.