Natural hazards · Magdalena

Magdalena, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Magdalena comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Magdalena?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Magdalena to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding64%Wildfire19%Hail5%Earthquakes5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Magdalena faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 Magdalena flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Socorro County.

Disasters that hit Magdalena

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MagdalenaDeclared for Socorro County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$63K to the Village of Magdalena for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Village of Magdalena for repairs

Socorro County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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. Magdalena 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 Magdalena’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Magdalena. 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.

Magdalena, NM natural hazards

How exposed is Magdalena?

What Magdalena faces

Inland flooding

Wildfire

Hail

Earthquakes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Magdalena flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

How to read this page

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