Natural hazards · West Jordan

West Jordan, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Jordan comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1982. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Jordan?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Jordan to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes75%Inland flooding17%Everything else8%

By hazard

What West Jordan faces

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

Earthquakes

75% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Jordan flood?

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

3paid claims since 1982

$14Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19822026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Salt Lake County.

Disasters that hit West Jordan

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West JordanDeclared for Salt Lake County only

2020

Earthquake and Aftershocks

48 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

Salt Lake County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and fires.

Around West Jordan

West Jordan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Murraymostly earthquakesHigh

Coppertonmostly avalanchesHigh

Midvalemostly earthquakesHigh

West Valley Citymostly earthquakesHigh

Taylorsvillemostly earthquakesHigh

Kearnsmostly earthquakesModerate

Sandymostly earthquakesModerate

West Jordanmostly earthquakesLow

South Jordanmostly 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 Jordan covers 23 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Jordan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of West Jordan. 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 Jordan total about $27.3M 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.