New Mexico: Federal Disaster Declarations

Name: New Mexico FEMA disaster declarations (FY2000 to FY2026)
Creator: Disaster Data

New Mexico has recorded 23 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 15 emergency declarations and 66 fire management declarations, 104 in all. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #34 nationally by major disasters.

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

Major disasters

Emergency declarations

Fire management grants

104

All declarations on record

$1.7B

Federal PA obligated

Declaration requests denied

4.6%

Declaration-request denial rate

#34

National rank by major disasters

20.1

Avg days to a decision

Past 12 months

Recent declarations and aid so far

New Mexico has had 2 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported to date and grow as recovery continues. The one made since Oct 1, 2026 is from FY2027, so it is added to the complete-year totals above after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.

Households approved for assistance

$410K

Individual Assistance approved

None yet

Public Assistance obligated

Declaration	Declared	Households approved	Individual Assistance	Public Assistance obligated
DR-4954-NMMajor disaster · Flood	Oct 7, 2026Incident period Jul 16 to 21, 2026	50of 85 registered	$410K	None reported yet
DR-4918-NMMajor disaster · Severe Storm	Jun 30, 2026Incident period Sep 28 to 29, 2025	None reported	None reported	None reported yet

DR-4954-NM has approved 50 households for assistance so far, the 7th most of any New Mexico disaster in FEMA's household assistance data, which begins in 2002. The most was DR-4843-NM in 2024, with 2,178. COVID-19 funeral assistance is left out of this comparison.

Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile.

Federal Public Assistance obligated

$1.7B has been obligated to New Mexico in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$1.1B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $4M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $591M, or 34% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.

Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.

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Most common hazards

Fire 70
Biological 13
Severe Storm 11
Flood 9
Hurricane 1

All declarations on record

Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.

Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every state and county has one from COVID-19.

Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

The totals above count complete fiscal years only. This list also includes one declaration made since Oct 1, 2026 (FY2027); it is added to the totals after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.

Showing 105 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Oct 7, 2026	DR-4954-NM	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 30, 2026	DR-4918-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jul 22, 2025	DR-4886-NM	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Jul 10, 2025	EM-3628-NM	EM	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Jun 22, 2025	FM-5594-NM	FM	Fire	Cotton 2 Fire
Jun 21, 2025	FM-5593-NM	FM	Fire	Desert Willow Fire Complex
Jun 16, 2025	FM-5588-NM	FM	Fire	Trout Fire
Apr 18, 2025	FM-5579-NM	FM	Fire	Rio Grande Fire
Nov 1, 2024	DR-4843-NM	DR	Flood	Severe Storm And Flooding
Aug 20, 2024	DR-4809-NM	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 20, 2024	DR-4795-NM	DR	Fire	South Fork Fire, Salt Fire, And Flooding
Jun 18, 2024	FM-5498-NM	FM	Fire	Salt Fire
Jun 17, 2024	FM-5497-NM	FM	Fire	South Fork Fire
May 26, 2024	FM-5492-NM	FM	Fire	Blue 2 Fire
May 10, 2023	FM-5465-NM	FM	Fire	Las Tusas Fire
Apr 2, 2023	FM-5461-NM	FM	Fire	Echo Ridge Fire, Nm Fmag
May 4, 2022	DR-4652-NM	DR	Fire	Wildfires, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Mudflows, And Debris Flows
Apr 30, 2022	FM-5438-NM	FM	Fire	Calf Canyon Fire
Apr 28, 2022	FM-5437-NM	FM	Fire	Cook'S Peak Fire
Apr 12, 2022	FM-5431-NM	FM	Fire	Hermit'S Peak Fire
Apr 12, 2022	FM-5432-NM	FM	Fire	Mcbride Fire
Apr 12, 2022	FM-5433-NM	FM	Fire	Nogal Canyon Fire
Apr 11, 2022	FM-5430-NM	FM	Fire	Big Hole Fire
Apr 27, 2021	FM-5386-NM	FM	Fire	Three Rivers Fire
Apr 5, 2020	DR-4529-NM	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3460-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3558-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3580-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3559-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3521-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3496-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3500-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3485-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3520-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3510-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3506-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3519-NM	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 8, 2019	FM-5281-NM	FM	Fire	Ironworks Fire
Jun 8, 2018	FM-5240-NM	FM	Fire	Soldier Canyon Fire
Jun 1, 2018	FM-5239-NM	FM	Fire	Ute Park Fire
Dec 20, 2017	DR-4352-NM	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 15, 2017	FM-5184-NM	FM	Fire	El Cajete Fire
Jul 14, 2016	FM-5134-NM	FM	Fire	Timberon Fire
Jun 16, 2016	FM-5127-NM	FM	Fire	Dog Head Fire
Oct 29, 2014	DR-4199-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Oct 6, 2014	DR-4197-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Oct 29, 2013	DR-4152-NM	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Oct 24, 2013	DR-4151-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 30, 2013	DR-4148-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 27, 2013	DR-4147-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 5, 2013	FM-5026-NM	FM	Fire	Tres Lagunas Fire
Aug 24, 2012	DR-4079-NM	DR	Flood	Flooding
Jun 20, 2012	FM-2982-NM	FM	Fire	Romero Fire
Jun 18, 2012	FM-2981-NM	FM	Fire	Blanco (Cr 4901) Fire
Jun 9, 2012	FM-2979-NM	FM	Fire	Little Bear Fire
May 26, 2012	FM-2978-NM	FM	Fire	Whitewater-Baldy Fire Complex
Nov 23, 2011	DR-4047-NM	DR	Flood	Flooding
Jun 30, 2011	FM-2935-NM	FM	Fire	Donaldson Fire
Jun 29, 2011	FM-2934-NM	FM	Fire	Little Lewis Fire
Jun 26, 2011	FM-2933-NM	FM	Fire	Las Conchas Fire
Jun 12, 2011	FM-2918-NM	FM	Fire	Track Fire
Jun 10, 2011	FM-2917-NM	FM	Fire	Wallow Fire
Apr 17, 2011	FM-2897-NM	FM	Fire	Tire Fire
Apr 3, 2011	FM-2880-NM	FM	Fire	White Fire
Mar 24, 2011	DR-1962-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm And Extreme Cold Temperatures
Mar 8, 2011	FM-2866-NM	FM	Fire	Quail Ridge Fire
Sep 13, 2010	DR-1936-NM	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 2, 2010	FM-2843-NM	FM	Fire	Rio Fire
May 24, 2010	FM-2842-NM	FM	Fire	Cabazon Fire
May 7, 2009	FM-2818-NM	FM	Fire	Buckwood Fire
Aug 14, 2008	DR-1783-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 25, 2008	FM-2777-NM	FM	Fire	Big Springs Fire
Apr 21, 2008	FM-2762-NM	FM	Fire	Trigo Fire
Nov 21, 2007	FM-2741-NM	FM	Fire	Ojo Peak Fire
Apr 2, 2007	DR-1690-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Feb 24, 2007	FM-2682-NM	FM	Fire	Belen Fire
Aug 30, 2006	DR-1659-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 21, 2006	FM-2647-NM	FM	Fire	Rivera Mesa Fire
Jun 16, 2006	FM-2644-NM	FM	Fire	Malpais Fire
Apr 12, 2006	FM-2636-NM	FM	Fire	Ojo Feliz Fire
Mar 1, 2006	FM-2631-NM	FM	Fire	Casa Fire
Jan 2, 2006	FM-2600-NM	FM	Fire	Southeast New Mexico Fire Complex
Sep 7, 2005	EM-3229-NM	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jun 18, 2004	FM-2522-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-Bernardo Fire-6-18-2004
May 25, 2004	FM-2518-NM	FM	Fire	Peppin Fire
Apr 29, 2004	DR-1514-NM	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 25, 2003	FM-2472-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-Bosque Fire-06-25-2003
May 10, 2003	FM-2467-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-Walker Fire-05-09-03
Aug 26, 2002	FM-2459-NM	FM	Fire	Nm - Lakes Fire Complex - 08/26/02
Jun 13, 2002	FM-2424-NM	FM	Fire	Nm - Roybal Fire - 06/13/02
Jun 6, 2002	FM-2416-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-Ponil Fire-06/02/02
Jun 4, 2002	FM-2414-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-Turkey Fire-6-2-02
Jun 4, 2002	FM-2415-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-Cerro Pelado-6-2-02
May 23, 2002	FM-2408-NM	FM	Fire	Nm - Borrego Fire - 5-23-02
May 7, 2002	FM-2404-NM	FM	Fire	Nm - Dalton Fire - 05/06/02
May 1, 2002	FM-2402-NM	FM	Fire	Nm - Penasco Fire - 05-01-02
Mar 23, 2002	FM-2398-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-Kokopelli Fire Complex-3-23-02
Jun 3, 2001	FM-2364-NM	FM	Fire	Nm -Trap And Skeet Fire - 06/02/2001
Jun 15, 2000	FM-2310-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-La Cueva Fire
May 30, 2000	FM-2304-NM	FM	Fire	Viveach Fire
May 14, 2000	FM-2297-NM	FM	Fire	Scott Able Fire
May 13, 2000	DR-1329-NM	DR	Fire	Severe Forest Fire
May 10, 2000	EM-3154-NM	EM	Fire	Severe Fire Threats
May 8, 2000	FM-2296-NM	FM	Fire	Cree Fire
Apr 20, 2000	FM-2295-NM	FM	Fire	Rio Grande Fire Complex

Individual Assistance to households

FEMA Individual Assistance to households across New Mexico, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.

17,200

Valid registrations

8,892

Households approved

$69M

Total IHP approved

Assistance type	Approved amount
Repair and replacement	$30M
Rental assistance	$3M
Other needs	$35M

Hazard mitigation funded

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across New Mexico to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.

$82M

Federal mitigation share

245

Projects funded

Properties mitigated

Program	Projects	Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)	180	$70M
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)	48	$7M
Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)	8	$5M
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)	5	$353K
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)	4	$43K

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 5 declaration requests from New Mexico since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 4.6%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.

Date	Type	Hazard
Oct 6, 2021	Major Disaster	Flood
Sep 21, 2016	Major Disaster	Flood
Feb 16, 2016	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Jul 14, 2006	Major Disaster	Flood
Jun 3, 2002	Emergency	Fire

Declarations not attributed to a specific locality

1 declaration in New Mexico applied statewide, or to areas FEMA did not tie to a single county or equivalent, such as wildfire management zones. They are included in the state totals above but do not appear on any individual jurisdiction page.

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
May 10, 2003	FM-2467-NM	FM	Fire	Nm-Walker Fire-05-09-03

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How these numbers are built

Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

New Mexico: Federal Disaster Declarations

Recent declarations and aid so far

Federal Public Assistance obligated

Most common hazards

All declarations on record

Individual Assistance to households

Hazard mitigation funded

Denied requests

Declarations not attributed to a specific locality

How these numbers are built

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