Utah storm damage and disaster statistics
From 2016 to 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4,253 storm event reports in Utah, with property damage estimates totalling $237 million. That is the 38th highest of the 50 states and D.C.
Damaging wind was reported most often (1,807 reports). Flood accounted for the most reported damage ($115 million). FEMA has issued 12 major disaster declarations for Utah since 2000.
storm event reports, 2016–2025
property damage estimated in those reports
major disaster declarations since 2000
hail reports, 1 of two inches or larger
tornado reports, 3 rated EF2 or stronger
home damage verified by FEMA inspectors since 2002
Reported storm damage in Utah, year by year
Largest single damage estimate
$35.0 million
Wildfire, Southern Mountains, 2025. Large events are recorded county by county, so one disaster can appear as several entries.
A quiet year on this chart can mean few damaging storms, or storms whose reports carried no damage estimate.
What hits Utah: reports and damage by type
- Damaging wind 1,807
- Winter weather 1,163
- Flood 547
- Hail 151
- Wildfire 53
- Tornado 19
- Lightning 7
- Flood $115M
- Wildfire $98.2M
- Damaging wind $14.2M
- Winter weather $5.7M
- Tornado $2.3M
- Lightning $410K
- Hail $318K
Federal disasters in Utah
FEMA has recorded 12 major disaster declarations, 2 emergency declarations and 40 fire management declarations for Utah since 2000.
The most recent major disaster declaration in this data is Cottonwood Fire, Flooding, And Mudslides (flood), declared October 7, 2026.
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- Flood 7
- Severe Storm 3
- Earthquake 1
- Biological 1
Home damage FEMA has verified in Utah
After a declared disaster, homeowners can register with FEMA and have their home inspected. These are the totals for Utah since 2020.
homeowners registered, across 2 disasters
damage verified by FEMA inspectors
individual assistance FEMA approved for those owners
homes inspected
inspections that found more than $30,000 of damage
average verified damage per inspected home
FEMA assistance is not insurance and is capped. It measures damage against its own habitability standard, and it counts only owners who registered and were inspected.
How Utah ranks
| Measure | Utah | Rank of 51 | In context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm event reports | 4,253 | 42nd | 121 per 100,000 residents |
| Reported property damage | $237 million | 38th | $68 per resident |
| Hail reports | 151 | 41st | 1 of two inches or larger |
| Tornado reports | 19 | 42nd | 3 rated EF2 or stronger |
| Major disaster declarations since 2000 | 12 | 46th | 2 emergency declarations |
| FEMA-verified home damage since 2002 | $838,066 | 49th | 1,062 homeowners registered |
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PublicAdjuster.cc, "Utah storm damage and disaster statistics," https://publicadjuster.cc/data/utah/. Compiled from the NOAA Storm Events Database and FEMA OpenFEMA data, November 10, 2026.
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