Natural hazards · Virgin

Virgin, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Virgin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Virgin?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Virgin to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding68%Avalanches16%Wildfire10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Virgin faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Avalanches

16% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Virgin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Virgin

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Washington County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Virgin itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into VirginDeclared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Virgin

Virgin and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Virginmostly inland floodingHigh

La Verkinmostly avalanchesHigh

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