UT
Utah
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
11
Billion-Dollar Events
$5.4B
Total Economic Impact
29
Counties
42.5
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 29 counties
Wildfire
82.96
Avg Risk Score
LNDS
75.44
Avg Risk Score
Winter Storm
68.87
Avg Risk Score
ERQK
65.79
Avg Risk Score
AVLN
57.9
Avg Risk Score
Lightning
55.62
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Drought
6 events
$3.5B
Wildfire
3 events
$0.5B
Flooding
1 events
$0.2B
Severe Storm
1 events
$1.1B
Disaster Trends by Decade
How disaster frequency and costs have changed over time
Highest Risk Counties
Counties with the highest overall risk scores based on FEMA NRI
| Rank | County | Risk Score | Risk Rating | SVI Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake | 98.95 | 4363.0% | |
| 2 | Utah | 96.82 | 2839.0% | |
| 3 | Washington | 95.7 | 4634.0% | |
| 4 | Weber | 94.21 | 3275.0% | |
| 5 | Davis | 93.8 | 659.0% | |
| 6 | Cache | 86.19 | 3682.0% | |
| 7 | Iron | 84.6 | 4943.0% | |
| 8 | Tooele | 77.7 | 2591.0% | |
| 9 | Box Elder | 76.49 | 1626.0% | |
| 10 | Summit | 69.36 | 796.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
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