Natural hazards · Bear River

Bear River, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bear River comes from earthquakes, 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 Bear River?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bear River to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and avalanches.

Earthquakes41%Avalanches28%Inland flooding15%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Bear River faces

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

Earthquakes

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Avalanches

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic activity

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 Bear River flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Box Elder County.

Disasters that hit Bear River

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Box Elder County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Bear River itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Bear RiverDeclared for Box Elder County only

Box Elder County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and droughts.

Around Bear River

Bear River and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bear River Citymostly earthquakesModerate

Honeyvillemostly earthquakesLow

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