Natural hazards · West Hammond

West Hammond, NM natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Hammond?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Hammond to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What West Hammond faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 West Hammond flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. West Hammond 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 Juan County.

Disasters that hit West Hammond

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for San Juan County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching West Hammond itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into West HammondDeclared for San Juan County only

San Juan County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around West Hammond

West Hammond and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Hammondmostly inland floodingVery high

Bloomfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Lee Acresmostly inland floodingModerate

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. West Hammond covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Hammond’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to West Hammond. 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 West Hammond total about $900K 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.