Natural hazards · Erda

Erda, UT natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Erda?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Erda to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires.

Wildfire53%Inland flooding15%Earthquakes12%Strong wind6%Lightning5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Erda faces

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

Wildfire

53% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic activity

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 Erda flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tooele County.

Disasters that hit Erda

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ErdaDeclared for Tooele County only

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

Around Erda

Erda and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Erdamostly wildfiresHigh

Grantsvillemostly wildfiresHigh

Stansbury Parkmostly wildfiresModerate

Tooelemostly 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. Erda covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Erda’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Erda. 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 Erda total about $5.7M 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.