Natural hazards · West Bountiful

West Bountiful, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Bountiful comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1980. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Bountiful?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Bountiful to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes58%Inland flooding18%Wildfire10%Everything else15%

By hazard

What West Bountiful faces

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

Earthquakes

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 West Bountiful flood?

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

4paid claims since 1980

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. West Bountiful 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 West Bountiful

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West BountifulDeclared for Davis County only

2020

Straight-Line Winds

$57K to the City of West Bountiful for repairs

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

2 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storm

$29K to the City of West Bountiful for repairs

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

Around West Bountiful

West Bountiful and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bountifulmostly earthquakesHigh

Woods Crossmostly earthquakesHigh

West Bountifulmostly earthquakesModerate

Centervillemostly earthquakesModerate

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. West Bountiful 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 West Bountiful’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of West Bountiful. 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.