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Natural hazards · Parrish

Parrish, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parrish comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Parrish?

76
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parrish to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes21%Cold waves10%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Parrish faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Parrish flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Parrish.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Parrish isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Walker County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

21storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Parrish

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Parrish itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Parrish.

Brought FEMA money into ParrishDeclared for Walker County only
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

153 households applied for aid $216K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $79K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

16 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
Walker County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Parrish is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parrish’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Parrish. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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