Natural hazards · Duchesne

Duchesne, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Duchesne comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1983. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Duchesne?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Duchesne to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding53%Wildfire19%Lightning10%Earthquakes8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Duchesne faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lightning

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Duchesne flood?

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

3paid claims since 1983

$13Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Duchesne County.

Disasters that hit Duchesne

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DuchesneDeclared for Duchesne County only

2011

Flooding

$55K to the City of Duchesne for repairs

Duchesne County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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