Natural hazards · Parnell

Parnell, IA natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parnell?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parnell to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes20%Strong wind16%Hail7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Parnell faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Parnell flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Iowa County.

Disasters that hit Parnell

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParnellDeclared for Iowa County only

Iowa County has had 20 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. Parnell 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 Parnell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Parnell. 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.