Natural hazards · Parksdale

Parksdale, CA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parksdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parksdale?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parksdale to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding49%Earthquakes21%Heat waves15%Drought11%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Parksdale faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 68 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Parksdale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Madera County.

Disasters that hit Parksdale

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Madera County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Parksdale itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ParksdaleDeclared for Madera County only

Madera County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and floods.

Around Parksdale

Parksdale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Parksdalemostly inland floodingVery high

Maderamostly inland floodingVery high

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. Parksdale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parksdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Parksdale. 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 Parksdale total about $908K 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.