Natural hazards · Pajarito Mesa

Pajarito Mesa, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pajarito Mesa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1981.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pajarito Mesa?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pajarito Mesa to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Earthquakes12%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Pajarito Mesa faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pajarito Mesa flood?

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

1paid claims since 1981

$635paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bernalillo County.

Disasters that hit Pajarito Mesa

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pajarito MesaDeclared for Bernalillo County only

Bernalillo County has had 8 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. Pajarito Mesa covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pajarito Mesa’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pajarito Mesa. 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 Pajarito Mesa total about $1.1M 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.