Natural hazards · University Park

University Park, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in University Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is University Park?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in University Park to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding52%Earthquakes21%Heat waves8%Cold waves6%Hail5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What University Park faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

21% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 University Park flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. University 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 University Park

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Dona Ana County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching University Park itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into University ParkDeclared for Dona Ana County only

Dona Ana County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. University Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to University Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to University 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 University Park total about $746K 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.