Natural hazards · West Mountain

West Mountain, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Mountain comes from earthquakes, 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 West Mountain?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Mountain to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes71%Inland flooding15%Wildfire9%Everything else5%

By hazard

What West Mountain faces

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

Earthquakes

71% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Mountain flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Utah County.

Disasters that hit West Mountain

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West MountainDeclared for Utah County only

Utah County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around West Mountain

West Mountain and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Genolamostly avalanchesVery high

West Mountainmostly earthquakesHigh

Paysonmostly earthquakesHigh

Spring Lakemostly avalanchesModerate

Santaquinmostly 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 Mountain 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 Mountain’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to West Mountain. 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.