Natural hazards · Parker

Parker, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1984.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parker?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parker to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes14%Cold waves12%Earthquakes10%Everything else14%

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

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Parker flood?

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

4paid claims since 1984

$46Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $28K

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: Greenville County.

Disasters that hit Parker

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParkerDeclared for Greenville County only

Greenville County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and ice storms.

Around Parker

Parker and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

City Viewmostly inland floodingModerate

Welcomemostly inland floodingModerate

Sans Soucimostly inland floodingModerate

Parkermostly inland floodingLow

Greenvillemostly inland floodingLow

Bereamostly inland floodingLow

Judsonmostly 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. Parker covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parker’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Parker. 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 Parker total about $2.7M 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.