Natural hazards · Genola

Genola, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Genola 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 Genola?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Genola to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and wildfires.

Avalanches44%Wildfire35%Earthquakes11%Inland flooding6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Genola faces

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

Avalanches

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

35% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic 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 Genola flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Utah County.

Disasters that hit Genola

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GenolaDeclared for Utah County only

Utah County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Genola

Genola and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Genolamostly avalanchesVery high

West Mountainmostly earthquakesHigh

Santaquinmostly 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. Genola 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 Genola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Genola. 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.