Natural hazards · Parkville

Parkville, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parkville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parkville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parkville to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding36%Heat waves35%Earthquakes8%Hurricanes7%Cold waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Parkville faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Parkville flood?

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

10paid claims since 1978

$27Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Baltimore County.

Disasters that hit Parkville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkvilleDeclared for Baltimore County only

2003

Hurricane Isabel

33 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

Baltimore County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Parkville

Parkville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Baltimoremostly inland floodingVery low

Parkvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Overleamostly heat wavesVery low

Towsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Carneymostly heat wavesVery low

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. Parkville covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parkville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Parkville. 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 Parkville total about $5.0M 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.