Natural hazards · West Haven

West Haven, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Haven comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Haven?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Haven to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding28%Heat waves6%Lightning6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What West Haven 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

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

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 West Haven flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. West Haven 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit West Haven

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West HavenDeclared for Weber County only

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

Around West Haven

West Haven and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ogdenmostly earthquakesHigh

Roymostly earthquakesModerate

Marriott-Slatervillemostly earthquakesLow

Hoopermostly earthquakesLow

West Havenmostly 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. West Haven covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Haven’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of West Haven. 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 West Haven total about $976K 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.