Natural hazards · Apple Valley

Apple Valley, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Apple Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Apple Valley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Apple Valley to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding68%Avalanches16%Wildfire10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Apple Valley faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Avalanches

16% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Apple Valley flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Apple Valley.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Apple Valley isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Apple Valley

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Apple Valley itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Apple Valley.

Brought FEMA money into Apple ValleyDeclared for Washington County only

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Apple Valley for repairs

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Apple Valley is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Apple Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Apple Valley. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.