Natural hazards · Parker

Parker, AZ natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1983. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parker?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parker to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding40%Heat waves38%Earthquakes19%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Parker faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Parker flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Parker, from FEMA’s records.

27paid claims since 1983

$608Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19832026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: La Paz County.

Disasters that hit Parker

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkerDeclared for La Paz County only

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Parker for repairs

La Paz County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Parker covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Parker. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Parker total about $740K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.