Natural hazards · Orogrande

Orogrande, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orogrande comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Orogrande?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orogrande to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding95%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Orogrande faces

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

Inland flooding

95% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamis

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 Orogrande flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Otero County.

Disasters that hit Orogrande

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrograndeDeclared for Otero County only

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $806 aid approved

Otero County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Orogrande 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 Orogrande’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Orogrande. 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.