Natural hazards · Plain

Plain, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plain comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plain?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plain to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes45%Inland flooding23%Wildfire20%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Plain faces

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

Earthquakes

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

20% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Plain flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Weber County.

Disasters that hit Plain

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlainDeclared for Weber County only

Weber County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

Around Plain

Plain and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Plain Citymostly earthquakesModerate

Marriott-Slatervillemostly earthquakesLow

Farr Westmostly inland floodingLow

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