Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0Storms, floods and disasters in Parkton
Parkton isn’t graded for hazard risk: Parkton has 529 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018.
What Parkton faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
Hurricanes
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Earthquakes
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.
Does Parkton flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 2018
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Parkton, from FEMA’s records.
- Hurricane Florence1 claim · $4K
Parkton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Robeson County.6 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Parkton
Disasters that paid out in Parkton itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Parkton), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2018Hurricane Florence386 households applied for aid$110K aid approved$45K to the Town of Parkton for repairs1 flood claim paid for it, $4K
- 2016Hurricane Matthew597 households applied for aid$354K aid approved$34K to the Town of Parkton for repairs
- 2011Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding14 households applied for aid$2K aid approved
- 2004Tropical Storm Frances62 households applied for aid$53K aid approved
- 2003Hurricane Isabel44 households applied for aid$20K aid approved
- 1999Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations$14K to the Town of Parkton for repairs
Robeson County has had 18 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.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Parkton
Does Parkton flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Parkton since 2018, $4K in all. The most claims came from Hurricane Florence (1).
Is Parkton 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 Robeson County, 24% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 2.6% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Parkton?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Parkton’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Parkton?
By FEMA money that reached Parkton, Hurricane Matthew (2016): 597 households applied for aid, $354K approved, and $34K to the Town of Parkton for repairs. By flood claims, Hurricane Florence: 1 paid, $4K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Parkton.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Parkton’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.