Natural hazards · Farr West

Farr West, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farr West 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 Farr West?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farr West to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding43%Earthquakes37%Lightning5%Heat waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Farr West faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Farr West flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Weber County.

Disasters that hit Farr West

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Farr WestDeclared for Weber County only

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

Around Farr West

Farr West and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ogdenmostly earthquakesHigh

Plain Citymostly earthquakesModerate

Marriott-Slatervillemostly earthquakesLow

Farr Westmostly inland floodingLow

Harrisvillemostly earthquakesLow

Pleasant Viewmostly avalanchesLow

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. Farr West covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Farr West’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Farr West. 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 Farr West total about $1.1M 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.