Natural hazards · Copperton

Copperton, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Copperton comes from avalanches, 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 Copperton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Avalanches75%Wildfire18%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Copperton faces

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

Avalanches

75% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

18% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Copperton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Copperton 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 Copperton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CoppertonDeclared for Salt Lake County only

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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

Around Copperton

Copperton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Coppertonmostly avalanchesHigh

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