Natural hazards · Parker

Parker, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1981. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parker?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parker to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

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

93% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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.

7paid claims since 1981

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

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: Armstrong County.

Disasters that hit Parker

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkerDeclared for Armstrong County only

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

5 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

Armstrong County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Parker

Parker and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Parkermostly inland floodingHigh

Perrymostly inland floodingHigh

Hoveymostly inland floodingHigh

Perrymostly 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. Parker is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Parker. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.