Natural hazards · Lordsburg

Lordsburg, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lordsburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2006. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lordsburg?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lordsburg to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding59%Heat waves21%Lightning8%Earthquakes6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Lordsburg faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lordsburg flood?

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

3paid claims since 2006

$28Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hidalgo County.

Disasters that hit Lordsburg

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LordsburgDeclared for Hidalgo County only

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$39K to the City of Lordsburg for repairs

Hidalgo County has had 8 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. Lordsburg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lordsburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lordsburg. 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 Lordsburg total about $945K 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.