Natural hazards · Heber

Heber, UT natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Heber?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Heber to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Earthquakes13%Lightning10%Winter weather8%Wildfire6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Heber faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lightning

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Winter weather

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 27 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Heber flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wasatch County.

Disasters that hit Heber

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into HeberDeclared for Wasatch County only

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

Around Heber

Heber and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Danielmostly inland floodingHigh

Hebermostly inland floodingModerate

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. Heber covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Heber’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Heber. 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 Heber total about $2.2M 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.