Natural hazards · Aurora

Aurora, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aurora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Aurora?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aurora to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding34%Avalanches27%Earthquakes20%Lightning6%Wildfire5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Aurora faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Avalanches

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesTsunamis

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 Aurora flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sevier County.

Disasters that hit Aurora

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Sevier County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Aurora itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into AuroraDeclared for Sevier County only

Sevier County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Aurora 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 Aurora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aurora. 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.