Disaster declarations in New Mexico

Every federal declaration for New Mexico from 1954 to 2026, with the counties named in each and the assistance programs that were declared.

128declarations 40major disasters 18emergencies 70fire declarations $1.95 billionfederal aid reported*

Declarations per year, 1953–2026

19531970199020102026

By hazard

Fire75

Flood25

Links open the declarations for that hazard in New Mexico where there are five or more.

Counties named most often

County	Declarations	Population 2024
Lincoln County	35	20,025
Otero County	24	69,711
Sandoval County	22	157,757
San Miguel County	21	26,428
Mora County	20	4,096
Colfax County	18	12,307
Rio Arriba County	17	39,955
Valencia County	15	80,813
Torrance County	14	15,986
Grant County	13	27,541
Sierra County	13	11,389
Catron County	12	3,795
San Juan County	12	120,817
Socorro County	12	15,967
Bernalillo County	11	671,747

All declarations

128 declarations

Declared	Number	Title	Hazard	Areas	Programs	Federal aid
Oct 13, 1954	DR-27-NM	Flood	Flood	statewide	IAPAHM	—
Aug 15, 1955	DR-38-NM	Flood	Flood	statewide	IAPAHM	—
Jul 1, 1965	DR-202-NM	Severe Storms & Flooding	Flood	4	IAPA	—
Aug 1, 1972	DR-346-NM	Severe Storms & Flooding	Flood	1	IAPA	—
Sep 20, 1972	DR-353-NM	Heavy Rains & Flooding	Flood	2	IAPA	—
Nov 20, 1972	DR-361-NM	Heavy Rains & Flooding	Flood	3	PA	—
May 11, 1973	DR-380-NM	Severe Storms, Snow Melt & Flooding	Flood	11	PA	—
Jan 29, 1979	DR-571-NM	Flooding	Flood	5	IAPA	—
Jun 23, 1979	DR-589-NM	Severe Storms, Snowmelt & Flooding	Flood	6	PA	—
Oct 24, 1983	DR-692-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Flood	3	PA	—
Sep 6, 1984	DR-722-NM	Severe Storms & Flooding	Flood	3	PA	—
Jan 18, 1985	DR-731-NM	Severe Storms & Flooding	Flood	5	PA	—
Jun 18, 1992	DR-945-NM	Thunderstorms, Hail & Flooding	Flood	1	IAPA	—
Jun 7, 1993	DR-992-NM	Severe Storms & Flooding	Flood	4	PA	—
Jan 29, 1998	DR-1202-NM	Severe Winter Storm	Severe Storm	10	PA	—
Sep 22, 1999	DR-1301-NM	Severe Ice Storms, Flooding and Heavy Rains	Severe Storm	7	PAHM	$2.0 million
May 13, 2000	DR-1329-NM	Severe Forest Fire	Fire	21	IAPAHM	$7.2 million
Apr 29, 2004	DR-1514-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	4	PAHM	$4.4 million
Aug 30, 2006	DR-1659-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	19	IHPIAPAHM	$34.4 million
Apr 2, 2007	DR-1690-NM	Severe Storms and Tornadoes	Severe Storm	2	IHPIAHM	$916,209
Aug 14, 2008	DR-1783-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	2	PAHM	$49.7 million
Sep 13, 2010	DR-1936-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Flood	5	PAHM	$12.2 million
Mar 24, 2011	DR-1962-NM	Severe Winter Storm and Extreme Cold Temperatures	Severe Storm	6	PAHM	$1.8 million
May 21, 1974	FM-2015-NM	Guadaluipita Fire	Fire	statewide	PA	—
Jun 18, 1977	FM-2025-NM	Barker Fire	Fire	statewide	PA	—
May 5, 1996	FM-2177-NM	Hondo Fire	Fire	statewide	PA	—
Jun 26, 1998	FM-2213-NM	Osha Canyon Complex (Colfax)	Fire	statewide	PA	—
Apr 20, 2000	FM-2295-NM	Rio Grande Fire Complex	Fire	2	PA	$228,395
May 8, 2000	FM-2296-NM	Cree Fire	Fire	1	PA	$867,787
May 14, 2000	FM-2297-NM	Scott Able Fire	Fire	1	PA	$650,088
May 30, 2000	FM-2304-NM	Viveach Fire	Fire	1	PA	$587,628
Jun 15, 2000	FM-2310-NM	Nm-La Cueva Fire	Fire	1	PA	$261,749
Jun 3, 2001	FM-2364-NM	Nm -Trap and Skeet Fire - 06/02/2001	Fire	2	PA	—
Mar 23, 2002	FM-2398-NM	Nm-Kokopelli Fire Complex-3-23-02	Fire	1	PA	$739,293
May 1, 2002	FM-2402-NM	Nm - Penasco Fire - 05-01-02	Fire	1	PA	$2.5 million
May 7, 2002	FM-2404-NM	Nm - Dalton Fire - 05/06/02	Fire	1	PA	$298,474
May 23, 2002	FM-2408-NM	Nm - Borrego Fire - 5-23-02	Fire	2	PA	$958,865
Jun 4, 2002	FM-2414-NM	Nm-Turkey Fire-6-2-02	Fire	1	PA	$561,240
Jun 4, 2002	FM-2415-NM	Nm-Cerro Pelado-6-2-02	Fire	1	PA	$558,524
Jun 6, 2002	FM-2416-NM	Nm-Ponil Fire-06/02/02	Fire	1	PA	$6.4 million
Jun 13, 2002	FM-2424-NM	Nm - Roybal Fire - 06/13/02	Fire	1	PA	$258,389
Aug 26, 2002	FM-2459-NM	Nm - Lakes Fire Complex - 08/26/02	Fire	1	PA	$116,023
May 10, 2003	FM-2467-NM	Nm-Walker Fire-05-09-03	Fire	statewide	PA	$76,176
Jun 25, 2003	FM-2472-NM	Nm-Bosque Fire-06-25-2003	Fire	1	PA	$1.7 million
May 25, 2004	FM-2518-NM	Peppin Fire	Fire	1	PA	$283,186
Jun 18, 2004	FM-2522-NM	Nm-Bernardo Fire-6-18-2004	Fire	1	PA	$238,140
Jan 2, 2006	FM-2600-NM	Southeast New Mexico Fire Complex	Fire	2	PA	$107,390
Mar 1, 2006	FM-2631-NM	Casa Fire	Fire	1	PA	$262,647
Apr 12, 2006	FM-2636-NM	Ojo Feliz Fire	Fire	1	PA	$2.4 million
Jun 16, 2006	FM-2644-NM	Malpais Fire	Fire	1	PA	$113,353
Jun 21, 2006	FM-2647-NM	Rivera Mesa Fire	Fire	2	PA	$2.7 million
Feb 24, 2007	FM-2682-NM	Belen Fire	Fire	1	PA	$89,839
Nov 21, 2007	FM-2741-NM	Ojo Peak Fire	Fire	1	PA	$58,526
Apr 21, 2008	FM-2762-NM	Trigo Fire	Fire	1	PA	$2.2 million
Jun 25, 2008	FM-2777-NM	Big Springs Fire	Fire	1	PA	$406,862
May 7, 2009	FM-2818-NM	Buckwood Fire	Fire	1	PA	$339,716
May 24, 2010	FM-2842-NM	Cabazon Fire	Fire	1	PA	$178,183
Jun 2, 2010	FM-2843-NM	Rio Fire	Fire	1	PA	$55,983
Mar 8, 2011	FM-2866-NM	Quail Ridge Fire	Fire	1	PA	$267,934
Apr 3, 2011	FM-2880-NM	White Fire	Fire	2	PA	$124,694
Apr 17, 2011	FM-2897-NM	Tire Fire	Fire	2	PA	$75,184
Jun 10, 2011	FM-2917-NM	Wallow Fire	Fire	1	PA	$515,274
Jun 12, 2011	FM-2918-NM	Track Fire	Fire	1	PA	$4.3 million
Jun 26, 2011	FM-2933-NM	Las Conchas Fire	Fire	3	PA	$1.7 million
Jun 29, 2011	FM-2934-NM	Little Lewis Fire	Fire	1	PA	$75,494
Jun 30, 2011	FM-2935-NM	Donaldson Fire	Fire	1	PA	$3.2 million
May 26, 2012	FM-2978-NM	Whitewater-Baldy Fire Complex	Fire	2	PA	$181,858
Jun 9, 2012	FM-2979-NM	Little Bear Fire	Fire	1	PA	$3.7 million
Jun 18, 2012	FM-2981-NM	Blanco (Cr 4901) Fire	Fire	1	PA	$156,229
Jun 20, 2012	FM-2982-NM	Romero Fire	Fire	1	PA	$24,924
Mar 2, 1977	EM-3034-NM	Drought	Drought	8	PA	—
Jul 2, 1998	EM-3128-NM	Extreme Fire Hazards	Fire	statewide	PA	—
May 10, 2000	EM-3154-NM	Severe Fire Threats	Fire	33	PA	$2.7 million
Sep 7, 2005	EM-3229-NM	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Hurricane	33	PA	$1.0 million
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3460-NM	COVID-19	Biological	33	PA	—
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3485-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	—
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3496-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	$280,018
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3500-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	—
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3506-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	—
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3510-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	—
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3519-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	—
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3520-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	—
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3521-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	$2.6 million
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3558-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	—
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3559-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	$6.3 million
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3580-NM	COVID-19	Biological	tribal	PA	—
Jul 10, 2025	EM-3628-NM	Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides	Flood	4	PA	—
Oct 26, 2026	EM-3660-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Flood	4	PA	—
Nov 23, 2011	DR-4047-NM	Flooding	Flood	3	PAHM	$13.8 million
Aug 24, 2012	DR-4079-NM	Flooding	Flood	3	PAHM	$33.3 million
Sep 27, 2013	DR-4147-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	tribal	PAHM	$72,928
Sep 30, 2013	DR-4148-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	6	PAHM	$5.5 million
Oct 24, 2013	DR-4151-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	tribal	PAHM	$4.7 million
Oct 29, 2013	DR-4152-NM	Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides	Flood	23	PAHM	$42.8 million
Oct 6, 2014	DR-4197-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	6	PAHM	$6.3 million
Oct 29, 2014	DR-4199-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	8	PAHM	$69.3 million
Dec 20, 2017	DR-4352-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Flood	tribal	PAHM	$14.4 million
Apr 5, 2020	DR-4529-NM	COVID-19 Pandemic	Biological	33	IHPPAHM	$608.6 million
May 4, 2022	DR-4652-NM	Wildfires, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Mudflows, and Debris Flows	Fire	7	IHPPAHM	$475.7 million
Jun 20, 2024	DR-4795-NM	South Fork Fire, Salt Fire, and Flooding	Fire	4	IHPPAHM	$218.2 million
Aug 20, 2024	DR-4809-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Flood	tribal	PAHM	$3.3 million
Nov 1, 2024	DR-4843-NM	Severe Storm and Flooding	Flood	1	IHPPAHM	$178.2 million
Jul 22, 2025	DR-4886-NM	Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides	Flood	3	IHPPA	$82.7 million
Jun 30, 2026	DR-4918-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	tribal	PA	—
Oct 7, 2026	DR-4954-NM	Severe Storms and Flooding	Flood	tribal	IHPPA	$780,852
Jun 5, 2013	FM-5026-NM	Tres Lagunas Fire	Fire	1	PA	$2.5 million
Jun 16, 2016	FM-5127-NM	Dog Head Fire	Fire	2	PA	$5.9 million
Jul 14, 2016	FM-5134-NM	Timberon Fire	Fire	1	PA	$850,539
Jun 15, 2017	FM-5184-NM	El Cajete Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	$966,832
Jun 1, 2018	FM-5239-NM	Ute Park Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	$6.2 million
Jun 8, 2018	FM-5240-NM	Soldier Canyon Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Mar 8, 2019	FM-5281-NM	Ironworks Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	$525,662
Apr 27, 2021	FM-5386-NM	Three Rivers Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	$101,182
Apr 11, 2022	FM-5430-NM	Big Hole Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	$2.3 million
Apr 12, 2022	FM-5431-NM	Hermit's Peak Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Apr 12, 2022	FM-5432-NM	McBride Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Apr 12, 2022	FM-5433-NM	Nogal Canyon Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Apr 28, 2022	FM-5437-NM	Cook's Peak Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Apr 30, 2022	FM-5438-NM	Calf Canyon Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Apr 2, 2023	FM-5461-NM	Echo Ridge Fire, Nm Fmag	Fire	1	PAHM	$1.9 million
May 10, 2023	FM-5465-NM	Las Tusas Fire	Fire	2	PAHM	—
May 26, 2024	FM-5492-NM	Blue 2 Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	$820,061
Jun 17, 2024	FM-5497-NM	South Fork Fire	Fire	2	PAHM	—
Jun 18, 2024	FM-5498-NM	Salt Fire	Fire	2	PAHM	—
Apr 18, 2025	FM-5579-NM	Rio Grande Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Jun 16, 2025	FM-5588-NM	Trout Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Jun 21, 2025	FM-5593-NM	Desert Willow Fire Complex	Fire	1	PAHM	—
Jun 22, 2025	FM-5594-NM	Cotton 2 Fire	Fire	1	PAHM	—

* Individual Assistance approved plus Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation obligated, for declarations where OpenFEMA publishes totals; as reported on October 29, 2026. Programs: IHP — Individuals and Households, IA — Individual Assistance, PA — Public Assistance, HM — Hazard Mitigation.