Natural hazards · Parkin

Parkin, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parkin comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parkin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parkin to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes63%Drought13%Inland flooding10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Parkin faces

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

Earthquakes

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Parkin flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Parkin isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Cross County.

Disasters that hit Parkin

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkinDeclared for Cross County only

2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

35 households applied for aid $144K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

28 households applied for aid $30K aid approved $11K to the City of Parkin for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

37 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

74 households applied for aid $113K aid approved $33K to the City of Parkin for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$17K to the City of Parkin for repairs

Cross County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Parkin 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 Parkin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Parkin. 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.

Parkin, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Parkin?

What Parkin faces

Earthquakes

Drought

Inland flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Parkin flood?

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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