Natural hazards · South Weber

South Weber, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in South Weber comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2006. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is South Weber?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in South Weber to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes51%Inland flooding28%Lightning5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What South Weber faces

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

Earthquakes

51% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 South Weber flood?

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

1paid claims since 2006

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Davis County.

Disasters that hit South Weber

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into South WeberDeclared for Davis County only

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

2 households applied for aid

Davis County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around South Weber

South Weber and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

South Webermostly earthquakesModerate

Laytonmostly earthquakesLow

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