Natural hazards · Draper

Draper, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Draper comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2009. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Draper?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Draper to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and earthquakes.

Avalanches49%Earthquakes27%Inland flooding16%Wildfire5%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Draper faces

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

Avalanches

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 Draper flood?

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

7paid claims since 2009

$157Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Draper 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 Draper

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DraperDeclared for Salt Lake County only

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

8 households applied for aid

2011

Flooding

$33K to the City of Draper for repairs

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

Around Draper

Draper and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bluffdalemostly wildfiresHigh

Lehimostly inland floodingHigh

Highlandmostly earthquakesModerate

Alpinemostly inland floodingModerate

Sandymostly earthquakesModerate

Rivertonmostly earthquakesModerate

Drapermostly avalanchesModerate

South 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. Draper covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Draper’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Draper. 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 Draper total about $24.0M 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.