Box Elder County, UT Environment & Hazard Risk

• WildfireRelatively Moderate$6.5M/yr expected annual loss, about once every 65 years
• EarthquakeRelatively Moderate$15.7M/yr expected annual loss, about once every 72 years
• AvalancheRelatively Moderate$1.1M/yr expected annual loss, about once every 3 years
• Winter weatherRelatively Moderate$251K/yr expected annual loss, about 12 events a year
• Strong windRelatively Moderate$1.5M/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1 year
• LightningRelatively Moderate$595K/yr expected annual loss, about 31 events a year
• DroughtRelatively Low$493K/yr expected annual loss, about 113 events a year
• LandslideVery Low$1,897/yr expected annual loss, about 3.1 events a year
• Heat waveRelatively Low$458K/yr expected annual loss, about 2.7 events a year
• Cold waveVery Low$434K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 12 years
• Ice stormVery Low$14K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 67 years
• TornadoVery Low$170K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 3 years
• Volcanic activityVery Low$0/yr expected annual loss, about once every 10,000 years
• HailVery Low$37.8K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 5 years

Bars show the national percentile score (0 to 100) for each hazard. Dollar figures are expected annual losses to buildings, people and crops. Not rated here: coastal flooding, hurricane, riverine flooding, tsunami.

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Homes with flood insurance

38 of 17,688 (0.2%)

Homes in high-risk flood zones

94

Insured in high-risk zones

26 (28%)

Flood claims since 1978

18

Claims paid since 1978

$292K

• Thunderstorm Wind237
• Heavy Snow47
• High Wind38
• Hail21
• Winter Storm9
• Winter Weather8 · 1 death
• Strong Wind7 · 4 deaths
• Avalanche4 · 2 deaths
• Flood4
• Funnel Cloud4

• Lightning08/18/2024

  Corinne, Box Elder County

  1 death, 2 injured

  What happened

  A lightning strike capsized a fishing boat with three passengers on board, throwing the passengers into the river, leading to one fatality and two injuries. First responders were called just after midnight local time.

• Winter Weather11/28/2024

  Eastern Box Elder County

  1 death, 1 injured, $50K damage

  What happened

  At approximately 10:02 pm, a Toyota Prius travelling southbound on I-15 lost control and hit a concrete barrier near milepost 354, eventually coming to rest facing sideways on the interstates shoulder. A male passenger exited the car, while the female passenger remained and opened her door. A second vehicle, a Ford Expedition, hit the male outside of the car and then crashed into the passenger side of the Prius head-on, killing the female passenger. The male passenger outside of the car was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The 2 left lanes of southbound I-15 were closed for an undisclosed amount of time for accident investigation, with Utah Highway Patrol ultimately believing weather to be the primary factor. During the time around the accident, lake enhanced snow showers were moving through the area, with a nearby DOT sensor reporting moderate to heavy snowfall, slushy road conditions, pavement temperatures dropping below freezing, and snowfall rates of a half inch per hour.

• Strong Wind39 kt wind06/11/2025

  Eastern Box Elder County

  1 death, 1 injured

  What happened

  Perry Police Department was called to Perry Park just before 5 PM Wednesday, June 11 for reports of traumatic injuries due to a large tree branch falling on two individuals. One individual, an 80-year old woman, died on the scene. The other individual, a 28-year old woman, was transported to the hospital in serious condition. There were no thunderstorms in the vicinity of Perry during this time, but strong thunderstorms capable of producing strong outflow winds were ongoing over southeast Idaho. Outflow winds from those distant thunderstorms produced wind gusts in the 30-40 mph range, but it is unknown if the strong winds were the direct cause of the tree branch falling.

• Dense Fog12/16/2022

  Eastern Box Elder County

  1 death, $15K damage

  What happened

  Deputies responded to a report of a car upside down around 3:15 p.m. in the Bear River at Corinne, UT. Observations from nearby Brigham City show reduced visibilities due to fog that morning from approximately 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. The visibility fell to less than 1/4 mile around 5:30 a.m.

• Strong Wind35 kt wind08/04/2024

  Eastern Box Elder County

  1 death

  What happened

  A 51-year-old male was reportedly swept away by winds and waves during a storm. The call to rescuers came in at 8:51 p.m. Weather observations in the area showed wind gusts on the east side of Willard Bay picking up to 42 mph by 8:40 p.m. and 45 mph by 8:50 p.m. Another weather station south of Willard Bay showed wind gusts picking up to between 40-44 mph between 8:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. The winds were outflow winds associated with a decaying area of showers and thunderstorms.

• Strong Wind35 kt wind08/02/2025

  Eastern Box Elder County

  1 death

  What happened

  Two individuals went out on the water at Willard Bay State Park on an inflatable raft during the afternoon of Saturday, August 2. Outflow winds from thunderstorms near the Utah-Idaho border pushed through Willard Bay area around 4:20 p.m. with wind gusts at nearby weather stations reported to be as high as 25-30 mph with the initial pass of the boundary. Winds remained elevated out of the northwest, with gusts upwards of 25-35 mph around 1.5 hours following the outflow boundary. The two individuals on the raft were reported to have been thrown off the raft when the boundary came through. One person resurfaced while the other did not.

• Brigham City Water SystemServes 20,540 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+4 monitoring or reporting
• Tremonton CityServes 13,000 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+50 monitoring or reporting
• Perry CityServes 6,570 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations
• Willard City Water SystemServes 2,036 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+3 monitoring or reporting
• West Corinne Water CoServes 1,970 · Groundwater · PrivateNo health violations
• Honeyville Town Water SystemServes 1,750 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+3 monitoring or reporting
• South WillardServes 1,500 · Groundwater · PrivateNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Ukon Water CompanyServes 1,465 · Groundwater · PrivateNo health violations+3 monitoring or reporting