Natural hazards · Bear River

Bear River, WY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bear River comes from inland flooding, 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 Bear River?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bear River to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Wildfire13%Earthquakes7%Lightning6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bear River faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bear River flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Uinta County.

Disasters that hit Bear River

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Uinta County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Bear River itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Bear RiverDeclared for Uinta County only

Uinta County has had 3 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

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. Bear River 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 Bear River’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bear River. 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.