Natural hazards · Bluffdale

Bluffdale, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bluffdale comes from wildfires, 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 Bluffdale?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bluffdale to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and earthquakes.

Wildfire42%Earthquakes28%Inland flooding26%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Bluffdale faces

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

Wildfire

42% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Bluffdale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Salt Lake County.

Disasters that hit Bluffdale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Bluffdale itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Bluffdale.

Brought FEMA money into BluffdaleDeclared for Salt Lake County only

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

2 households applied for aid

Salt Lake County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

Around Bluffdale

Bluffdale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bluffdalemostly wildfiresHigh

Lehimostly inland floodingHigh

Herrimanmostly avalanchesModerate

Rivertonmostly earthquakesModerate

Drapermostly avalanchesModerate

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. Bluffdale covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Bluffdale total about $6.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.