On FEMA’s figures, Franklin Park faces more hazard damage per building than 84% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Franklin Park gets a C− for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 84% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (55%), then hurricanes (44%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Franklin Park faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hurricanes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Franklin Park’s grade
River and rain flooding is 55% of the building damage FEMA expects in Franklin Park, and Franklin Park’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 75% of U.S. census tracts. Hurricanes add 44%, at a rate in the top 7% of U.S. census tracts.
C− higher expected damage per building than 84% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Franklin Park’s residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $236K a year in losses across Franklin Park: $193K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Franklin Park flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Franklin Park. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Franklin Park isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Broward County.The storms Franklin Park remembers
None of the 32 disasters declared for Broward County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Franklin Park itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Broward County has had 32 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Broward County, 1999–1999.
Franklin Park and its neighbors
Franklin Park has the lowest expected damage per building of the 2 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Park | C−more damage than 84% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Washington Park | Dmore damage than 85% | river and rain flooding | — |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Franklin Park faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Franklin Park
Is Franklin Park at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Franklin Park has higher expected damage per building than 84% of U.S. towns: C− for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (55%) and hurricanes (44%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Franklin Park in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Broward County, 76% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 19.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Franklin Park?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Franklin Park’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Franklin Park at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (55%), and Franklin Park’s rate for it is higher than 75% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Franklin Park.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Franklin Park’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.