Natural hazards · Santaquin

Santaquin, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Santaquin comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is low 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 Santaquin?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Santaquin to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes40%Inland flooding32%Heat waves8%Lightning7%Wildfire5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Santaquin faces

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

Earthquakes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesLandslidesStrong windDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Santaquin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Utah County.

Disasters that hit Santaquin

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SantaquinDeclared for Utah County only

2023

Flooding

$161K to the City of Santaquin for repairs

Utah County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Santaquin

Santaquin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Genolamostly avalanchesVery high

West Mountainmostly earthquakesHigh

Spring Lakemostly avalanchesModerate

Santaquinmostly 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. Santaquin covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Santaquin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Santaquin. 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 Santaquin total about $749K 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.