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Safest Counties From Natural Disasters in Utah (2026)

Salt Lake has the lowest natural disaster risk of any county in Utah, at 24.4, followed by Daggett and Davis (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in Utah

Top 25 of 29 counties with data.

Ranked by natural disaster risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in Utah
RankCountyValue
1Salt Lake24.4
2Daggett33.7
3Davis35.0
4Weber35.0
5Utah36.5
6Cache36.8
7Summit38.0
8Tooele38.5
9Iron38.6
10Uintah38.8
11Box Elder40.4
12Wasatch40.5
13Rich41.5
14Morgan43.6
15Piute45.5
16Carbon47.2
17Duchesne47.3
18San Juan47.9
19Grand48.3
20Sevier48.6
21Emery51.0
22Sanpete51.5
23Beaver53.8
24Washington54.6
25Juab57.3

How this ranking works

This page ranks Utah counties by natural disaster risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For natural disaster risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh natural disaster risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of natural disaster risk.

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