Natural hazards · Skyline-Ganipa

Skyline-Ganipa, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Skyline-Ganipa 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 Skyline-Ganipa?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Skyline-Ganipa to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Cold waves12%Lightning10%Earthquakes7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Skyline-Ganipa faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lightning

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Skyline-Ganipa flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Skyline-Ganipa.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cibola County.

Disasters that hit Skyline-Ganipa

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Cibola County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Skyline-Ganipa itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Skyline-GanipaDeclared for Cibola County only

Cibola County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Skyline-Ganipa

Skyline-Ganipa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Skyline-Ganipamostly inland floodingHigh

McCartys Villagemostly inland floodingHigh

South Acomita Villagemostly inland floodingHigh

Acomita Lakemostly inland floodingHigh

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