Natural hazards · Hurricane

Hurricane, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hurricane comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2018.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hurricane?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hurricane to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and avalanches.

Wildfire37%Avalanches34%Inland flooding21%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Hurricane faces

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

Wildfire

37% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

34% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesCold wavesTsunamis

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 Hurricane flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Hurricane, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2018

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Hurricane

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into HurricaneDeclared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Hurricane

Hurricane and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Washingtonmostly wildfiresVery high

Hurricanemostly wildfiresVery high

La Verkinmostly avalanchesHigh

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. Hurricane covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hurricane’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hurricane. 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 Hurricane total about $8.0M 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.