Natural hazards · West Point

West Point, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Point 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 Point?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Point to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes61%Inland flooding18%Lightning6%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What West Point faces

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

Earthquakes

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% 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

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

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 Point flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. West Point 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 Point

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West PointDeclared for Davis County only

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

Around West Point

West Point and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Pointmostly earthquakesLow

Clintonmostly earthquakesLow

Syracusemostly 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 Point covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of West Point. 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 Point total about $3.1M 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.