Natural hazards · Midvale

Midvale, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Midvale comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Midvale?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Midvale to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes87%Inland flooding10%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Midvale faces

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

Earthquakes

87% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Midvale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Salt Lake County.

Disasters that hit Midvale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Midvale itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Midvale.

Brought FEMA money into MidvaleDeclared for Salt Lake County only

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

13 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Salt Lake County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

Around Midvale

Midvale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Murraymostly earthquakesHigh

Midvalemostly earthquakesHigh

Cottonwood Heightsmostly avalanchesModerate

Sandymostly earthquakesModerate

West Jordanmostly 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. Midvale covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Midvale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Midvale. 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 Midvale total about $18.5M 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.