Natural hazards · Syracuse

Syracuse, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Syracuse 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 Syracuse?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Syracuse to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes63%Inland flooding17%Lightning6%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Syracuse faces

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

Earthquakes

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Syracuse flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Syracuse 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 Syracuse

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SyracuseDeclared for Davis County only

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

4 households applied for aid

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

Around Syracuse

Syracuse and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clearfieldmostly earthquakesModerate

West Pointmostly earthquakesLow

Syracusemostly 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. Syracuse covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Syracuse’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Syracuse. 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 Syracuse total about $6.5M 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.