Devil's Gate-Weber Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District · Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0On FEMA’s figures, Uintah faces less hazard damage per building than 72% of U.S. towns, led by earthquakes
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Uintah gets a B+ for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 72% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is earthquakes (48%), then river and rain flooding (46%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Uintah faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
Earthquakes
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Uintah’s grade
Earthquakes are 48% of the building damage FEMA expects in Uintah, and Uintah’s rate of earthquakes damage is higher than 85% of U.S. census tracts. Next is river and rain flooding at 46% (lower than 87% of U.S. census tracts).
B+ lower expected damage per building than 72% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Uintah’s residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $410K a year in losses across Uintah: $218K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Uintah flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Uintah. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Uintah isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Weber County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Uintah
Disasters that paid out in Uintah itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Uintah), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2011Flooding$4K to the Town of Uintah for repairs
Weber County has had 6 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 2 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Weber County, 2003–2017.
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Uintah has the lowest expected damage per building of the 2 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uintah | B+less damage than 72% | earthquakes | 0 |
| South Weber | B+less damage than 71% | river and rain flooding | 1 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Uintah faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Uintah
Is Uintah at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Uintah has lower expected damage per building than 72% of U.S. towns: B+ for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is earthquakes (48%) and river and rain flooding (46%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Uintah in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Weber County, 8% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Uintah?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Uintah’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Uintah?
By FEMA money that reached Uintah, Flooding (2011): $4K to the Town of Uintah for repairs.
Is Uintah at risk from earthquakes?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (48%), and Uintah’s rate for it is higher than 85% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Uintah.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Uintah’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.