Natural hazards · Uintah

Uintah, UT natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Uintah to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding32%Lightning5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Uintah faces

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

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% 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 Uintah flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Uintah 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 Uintah

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UintahDeclared for Weber County only

2011

Flooding

$4K to the Town of Uintah for repairs

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

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