Natural hazards · Parker

Parker, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parker comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1982. 3 federal disasters 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 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes53%Inland flooding29%Hail12%Everything else6%

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.

Tornadoes

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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.

26paid claims since 1982

$1.0Mpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Early summer storms: 8 claims, $611K

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. 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: Collin County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Parker

3 federal disasters 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 Collin County only

2024

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

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

27 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid

Collin County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Parker

Parker and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Parkermostly tornadoesHigh

Lucasmostly tornadoesHigh

Allenmostly tornadoesHigh

Murphymostly tornadoesHigh

Planomostly tornadoesModerate

Wyliemostly tornadoesModerate

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 1 census tract, combined by population.

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.

FEMA’s expected losses across Parker total about $4.5M 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.