Natural hazards · Jensen

Jensen, UT natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jensen?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jensen to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding49%Drought12%Wildfire10%Lightning9%Earthquakes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Jensen faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 93 times a year in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

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

Lightning

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windAvalanches

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 Jensen flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Uintah County.

Disasters that hit Jensen

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into JensenDeclared for Uintah County only

Uintah County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

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. Jensen 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 Jensen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Jensen. 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.