Natural hazards · Parker

Parker, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parker?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parker to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding38%Drought22%Earthquakes17%Cold waves7%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%

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

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Parker flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

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: Clark County.

Disasters that hit Parker

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkerDeclared for Clark County only

Clark County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Parker

Parker and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Huttonmostly inland floodingHigh

Unionmostly inland floodingHigh

Parkermostly inland floodingModerate

Westfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Martinsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Caseymostly inland floodingModerate

Dolsonmostly inland floodingModerate

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 (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township 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 $1.4M 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.