Natural hazards · Parole

Parole, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parole comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1984.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parole?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parole to be higher than in 0% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes16%Tornadoes9%Heat waves8%Earthquakes7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Parole faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Parole flood?

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

5paid claims since 1984

$37Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $1K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anne Arundel County.

Disasters that hit Parole

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParoleDeclared for Anne Arundel County only

Anne Arundel County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

Around Parole

Parole and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rivamostly inland floodingVery low

Annapolis Neckmostly inland floodingVery low

Edgewatermostly inland floodingVery low

Arnoldmostly inland floodingVery low

Annapolismostly inland floodingVery low

Parolemostly inland floodingVery 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. Parole covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parole’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Parole. 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 Parole total about $1.9M 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.