Natural hazards · Sunland Park

Sunland Park, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sunland Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2010. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sunland Park?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sunland Park to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Heat waves8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Sunland Park faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sunland Park flood?

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

2paid claims since 2010

$100Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dona Ana County.

Disasters that hit Sunland Park

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Sunland Park itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Sunland Park.

Brought FEMA money into Sunland ParkDeclared for Dona Ana County only

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

106 households applied for aid $65K aid approved

Dona Ana County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Sunland Park

Sunland Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sunland Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

El Pasomostly inland floodingLow

Santa Teresamostly inland floodingLow

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. Sunland Park covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sunland Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sunland Park. 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 Sunland Park total about $3.0M 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.