Natural hazards · Clinton

Clinton, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinton comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clinton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinton to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes63%Inland flooding16%Lightning6%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Clinton faces

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

Earthquakes

63% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Clinton flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Clinton, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2011

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Davis County.

Disasters that hit Clinton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonDeclared for Davis County only

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

1 household applied for aid

Davis County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Clinton

Clinton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sunsetmostly earthquakesHigh

Clearfieldmostly earthquakesModerate

Roymostly earthquakesModerate

Clintonmostly earthquakesLow

West Pointmostly 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. Clinton covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clinton. 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 Clinton total about $3.2M 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.