Natural hazards · Pecos

Pecos, NM natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding66%Wildfire27%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Pecos 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 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

27% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pecos flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Miguel County.

Disasters that hit Pecos

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PecosDeclared for San Miguel County only

2022

Wildfires, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows

49 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

San Miguel County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

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