Natural hazards · East Basin

East Basin, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Basin comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Basin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Basin to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches.

Avalanches82%Wildfire11%Everything else7%

By hazard

What East Basin faces

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

Avalanches

82% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

11% 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 East Basin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Summit County.

Disasters that hit East Basin

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Summit County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching East Basin itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into East BasinDeclared for Summit County only

Summit County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

Around East Basin

East Basin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Silver Summitmostly avalanchesVery high

East Basinmostly avalanchesVery high

Snydervillemostly inland floodingHigh

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. East Basin 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 East Basin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to East Basin. 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.