Natural hazards · Texico

Texico, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Texico comes from drought, and overall the risk is low 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 Texico?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Texico to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought32%Inland flooding26%Wildfire19%Tornadoes7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Texico faces

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

Drought

32% of expected damage

Recorded about 77 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Texico flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Curry County.

Disasters that hit Texico

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TexicoDeclared for Curry County only

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

Curry County has had 4 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. Texico 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 Texico’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Texico. 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.