Ready for what Utah brings,
without the fear.
Answer a few questions about your county, your home, and the people (and pets) you care for. You'll get a personal preparedness plan for earthquakes, wildfire, outbreaks, drought, inversions, and more, with checklists sized to your household and a source behind every fact.
About five minutes, then a plan that's yours
- Tell us about your situation. County, type of home, household, health and diet needs, budget, and storage space.
- See what matters most where you live. Plain-language priority bands for each hazard, with the reasons and sources.
- Build it like a staircase. Checklists for 7, 14, 30, and 90 days with quantities for your household. Shared items show up once. Check things off as you go.
Utah already knows how to do this
Home storage, a little at a time, is part of Utah culture. This site builds on that habit and on the state's own guidance, like Be Ready Utah's call to store at least 14 gallons of water per person. Be Ready Utah (opens source in a new tab)
We translate official sources into one household plan. We don't replace them. For live alerts, follow your county and the National Weather Service. NWS (opens source in a new tab)
Every Utah hazard, one calm place
Each page stands on its own: why it matters in Utah, who's most affected, what to do before, during, and after, and where to check live conditions.
Earthquake
Wasatch Fault, Magna 2020, brick homes
Pandemic & outbreaks
Flu, measles, H5N1, West Nile, plague & hantavirus
Great Salt Lake & drought
Lakebed dust, water supply, conservation
Wildfire & smoke
WUI, evacuation, defensible space, indoor air
Extreme heat
Heat waves, cooling centers, hot cars, heat illness
Winter inversions & air quality
PM2.5, inversion season, summer ozone
Flooding & spring runoff
Snowmelt, flash floods, burn-scar runoff
Landslides & debris flows
Bench slopes, canyons, burn scars
Radon
The invisible gas: test, then fix
Power outages & winter storms
Grid outages, shutoffs, cold, carbon monoxide
Home fire
Smoke alarms, escape plans, cooking, heaters, batteries
Severe weather & windstorms
Canyon winds, lightning, tornadoes, hail, dust storms
Water & sewer outages
Boil orders, broken mains, life without running water
Chemical spills & hazmat
Rail, highway, and refinery accidents; sheltering in place
Avalanche & backcountry
Forecasts, gear, training
Economic preparedness
Emergency fund, income disruption, rotating storage
Beyond any one hazard
Insurance, food storage, when to leave, what to do afterward, and plans for your family and your neighbors.
Family communication plan
Contacts, meeting places, and wallet cards for everyone
Food storage
How much, what keeps, rotation, and cooking without power
Insurance
What standard policies usually skip, and what to ask
Stay or go
Sheltering in place, evacuating, and finding a shelter
After a disaster
Aid, claims, documents, scams, and taking care of yourself
Neighborhood plan
Who needs help, who has skills, and where to gather
Recent Utah earthquakes
Magnitude 1.5 and up in the past 14 days, straight from the USGS feed. Small quakes happen in Utah all the time; this is for curiosity, not alerts.
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More: USGS (opens source in a new tab) UUSS (opens source in a new tab)
What this site is, and isn't
- Is: a free planning tool that turns official guidance into a household checklist.
- Isn't: an alert system. Utah has no public earthquake early warning, and we never imply one. UGS (opens source in a new tab)
- Isn't: medical, engineering, legal, or financial advice. Talk to your clinician, a licensed engineer, or your insurer about your situation.
- Private by design: your answers never leave your browser. Read more.
Know the ground you live on
FaultLine Utah looks up nearby faults, liquefaction, and building-code shaking for any Utah address, maps every fault in the state, and has a self-check for older brick homes.
Visit FaultLine Utah (opens in a new tab)