Natural hazards · Parowan

Parowan, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parowan comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parowan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parowan to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes31%Inland flooding30%Wildfire20%Drought8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Parowan faces

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

Earthquakes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 80 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic 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 Parowan flood?

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

1paid claims since 2007

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Iron County.

Disasters that hit Parowan

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParowanDeclared for Iron County only

2005

Flooding and Landslides

$35K to the City of Parowan for repairs

Iron County has had 5 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. Parowan 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 Parowan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Parowan. 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.