Natural hazards · Parkland

Parkland, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parkland comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Parkland?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parkland to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves53%Inland flooding37%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Parkland faces

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

Cold waves

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesEarthquakesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Parkland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Douglas County.

Disasters that hit Parkland

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParklandDeclared for Douglas County only

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Parkland for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$4K to the Town of Parkland for repairs

1999

Wi-Flood-07/20/99

$7K to the Town of Parkland for repairs

Douglas County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Parkland

Parkland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Superiormostly cold wavesModerate

Parklandmostly cold wavesLow

Superiormostly cold wavesLow

Oaklandmostly cold wavesLow

Amniconmostly cold wavesVery 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. Parkland 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 Parkland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Parkland. 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.