Natural hazards · East Carbon

East Carbon, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Carbon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Carbon?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Carbon to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Lightning13%Earthquakes9%Wildfire8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What East Carbon faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lightning

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

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

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% 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 East Carbon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carbon County.

Disasters that hit East Carbon

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into East CarbonDeclared for Carbon County only

Carbon County has had 3 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and droughts.

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