Natural hazards · Nara Visa

Nara Visa, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nara Visa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nara Visa?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nara Visa to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding41%Drought29%Wildfire12%Strong wind10%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Nara Visa faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

29% of expected damage

Recorded about 109 times a year in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Nara Visa flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Quay County.

Disasters that hit Nara Visa

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Nara Visa itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Nara Visa.

Brought FEMA money into Nara VisaDeclared for Quay County only

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

Quay County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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