Natural hazards · Zuni Pueblo

Zuni Pueblo, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Zuni Pueblo 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 Zuni Pueblo?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Zuni Pueblo to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Cold waves6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Zuni Pueblo faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Zuni Pueblo flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McKinley County.

Disasters that hit Zuni Pueblo

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for McKinley County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Zuni Pueblo itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Zuni PuebloDeclared for McKinley County only

McKinley County has had 8 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. Zuni Pueblo covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Zuni Pueblo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Zuni Pueblo. 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 Zuni Pueblo total about $4.9M 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.