Natural hazards · La Verkin

La Verkin, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Verkin comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is La Verkin?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Verkin to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and inland flooding.

Avalanches44%Inland flooding31%Wildfire16%Everything else9%

By hazard

What La Verkin 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 below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 La Verkin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. La Verkin 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 La Verkin

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into La VerkinDeclared for Washington County only

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

Around La Verkin

La Verkin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Toquervillemostly inland floodingVery high

Hurricanemostly wildfiresVery high

Virginmostly inland floodingHigh

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. La Verkin covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to La Verkin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of La Verkin. 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 La Verkin total about $3.1M 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.