Is Catron County, NM in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Catron County's flood hazard at the 41.1th percentile nationally — below the national norm for flood hazard — driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 1.1 times a year. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Catron County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Catron County is one of the counties where FEMA's own denominator for mandated flood-zone structures is missing, so no compliance rate is shown rather than a guessed one — the data quality guide covers how common this is. Across all residential structures in Catron County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Where Catron County ranks
Catron County sits at rank 1913 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2899 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). About 3,795 people live in Catron County, New Mexico, spread over 6,924.187 square miles.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Catron County
FEMA counts 3,120 residential structures in Catron County overall, 1 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Catron County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Catron County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.