Natural hazards · White

White, UT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in White 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 White?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in White to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes91%Inland flooding8%Everything else2%

By hazard

What White faces

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

Earthquakes

91% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% 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 White flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. White 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 White

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Salt Lake County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching White itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WhiteDeclared for Salt Lake County only

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

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. White covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to White’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of White. 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 White total about $3.9M 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.