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Otero County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1983–2025 · 4th highest paid in New Mexico
Claims
130
Total paid
$1.5M
Average / claim
$12K
Building / contents
$1.5M / $43K
Paid by decade
1980s$0 · 1 claims
1990s$59K · 14 claims
2000s$938K · 69 claims
2010s$521K · 38 claims
2020s$21K · 8 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2006 | $808K | 52 claims |
| 2010 | $250K | 5 claims |
| 2014 | $123K | 17 claims |
| 2019 | $93K | 2 claims |
| 2000 | $92K | 1 claims |
Full disaster history for Otero County →
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Source: FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3, retrieved 2026-09) — dollars actually paid on closed claims, summed from individual claim transactions. This is a record of the past. It is not a flood-risk forecast, an insurance rating, or a judgment about any specific property. For current risk see FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and National Risk Index.