Natural hazards · Daniel

Daniel, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Daniel comes from inland flooding, 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 Daniel?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Daniel to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding50%Wildfire23%Lightning9%Winter weather8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Daniel faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Wildfire

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lightning

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Winter weather

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 29 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDroughtVolcanic 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 Daniel flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wasatch County.

Disasters that hit Daniel

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DanielDeclared for Wasatch County only

2011

Flooding

$186K to the Town of Daniel for repairs

Wasatch County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

Around Daniel

Daniel and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Independencemostly avalanchesHigh

Charlestonmostly inland floodingHigh

Danielmostly inland floodingHigh

Hebermostly inland floodingModerate

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. Daniel covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Daniel’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Daniel. 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 Daniel total about $1.0M 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.