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Otero County, New Mexico

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Otero County.

Total declarations
24
1984 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$20.5M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
616 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-4886
Jul 22, 2025
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Federal spending

Public + individual assistance structure

Public assistance totals come from FEMA project-level obligations. Individual assistance totals prioritize the validated or intake totals without double counting both sources together.

Public assistance

Infrastructure repair, debris removal, emergency measures, and related project obligations.

Emergency Protective Measures$9.6M
Roads and Bridges$4.3M
Water Control Facilities$2.4M
Utilities$1.7M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$760K
Debris Removal$508K
Buildings and Equipment$293K
Management Costs$199K
Total PA obligated$19.7M

Individual assistance

Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.

Tracked registrations616
IHP / household aid$780K
Housing assistance$259K
Other needs assistance$521K
NFIP claims paid$0
Timeline

Every declaration on record for this county

Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.

FireJun 2024Otero County

SALT FIRE

FM-5498-NM · Jun 17, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Otero County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4529-NM · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$8.8MPA obligated
70Registrations
$282KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Otero County

COVID-19

EM-3460-NM · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2016Otero County

TIMBERON FIRE

FM-5134-NM · Jul 13, 2016 to Aug 18, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireMay 2009Otero County

BUCKWOOD FIRE

FM-2818-NM · May 6, 2009 to May 14, 2009
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Otero County

Otero County, New Mexico has 24 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1984 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by severe storm. That is above the New Mexico average of 12 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $20.5M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.