Natural hazards · Springville

Springville, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springville comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1984. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springville to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and avalanches.

Earthquakes51%Avalanches25%Inland flooding16%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Springville 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 90% of U.S. places

Avalanches

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic 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 Springville flood?

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

2paid claims since 1984

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Springville 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 Springville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringvilleDeclared for Utah County only

2023

Flooding

$655K to the City of Springville for repairs

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

Around Springville

Springville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Spanish Forkmostly earthquakesHigh

Provomostly earthquakesHigh

Springvillemostly earthquakesHigh

Mapletonmostly avalanchesModerate

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. Springville covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Springville. 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 Springville total about $13.4M 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.