Natural hazards · Mosquero

Mosquero, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mosquero 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 Mosquero?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mosquero to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding66%Wildfire21%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Mosquero faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Wildfire

21% 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 Mosquero flood?

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

Disasters that hit Mosquero

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MosqueroDeclared for Harding County only

Harding County has had 6 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. Mosquero 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 Mosquero’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Mosquero. 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.