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Natural hazards · Parkville

Parkville, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parkville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Parkville?

28
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parkville to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes23%Cold waves14%Heat waves10%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else6%
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

35% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Cold waves

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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.

23paid claims since 1979
$182Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Late spring storms: 8 claims, $8K
  • Midwest Flooding: 2 claims, $84K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
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: Platte County.
Disasters that hit Parkville

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkvilleDeclared for Platte County only
2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$281K to the City of Parkville for repairs
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$19K to the City of Parkville for repairs
2011

Flooding

1 household applied for aid $219K to the City of Parkville for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$14K to the City of Parkville for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$69K to the City of Parkville for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $84 aid approved
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$24K to the City of Parkville for repairs
Platte County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Parkville

Parkville and the towns around it

Kansas City: Low, mostly inland floodingRiverside: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKansas City: Low, mostly inland floodingEdwardsville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBonner Springs: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLake Quivira: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDelaware: Low, mostly inland floodingFairmount: Low, mostly inland floodingShawnee: Low, mostly inland floodingRoeland Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingBasehor: Low, mostly inland floodingNorthmoor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIndependence: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Low, mostly inland floodingClaycomo: Low, mostly inland floodingRaytown: Low, mostly inland floodingUnity Village: Low, mostly inland floodingBelton: Low, mostly inland floodingLee's Summit: Low, mostly inland floodingSugar Creek: Low, mostly inland floodingGrandview: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBlue Summit: Moderate, mostly inland floodingParkville: Low, mostly inland flooding ParkvilleKansas CityRiversideKansas City
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Riversidemostly inland floodingModerate
Kansas Citymostly inland floodingLow
Parkvillemostly inland floodingLow
Kansas Citymostly inland floodingLow
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 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parkville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of 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 $6.7M 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.

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