Natural hazards · Parkman

Parkman, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parkman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parkman?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parkman to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Strong wind12%Tornadoes10%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Parkman faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 82 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Parkman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Geauga County.

Disasters that hit Parkman

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkmanDeclared for Geauga County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$5K to the Township of Parkman for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Geauga County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Parkman

Parkman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Middlefieldmostly inland floodingLow

Farmingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Mesopotamiamostly inland floodingVery low

Parkmanmostly inland floodingVery low

Nelsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Troymostly 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. Parkman covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parkman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Parkman. 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 Parkman total about $647K 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.