Storms, floods and disasters in Glen Park
Glen Park isn’t graded for hazard risk: Glen Park has 624 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1985.
What Glen 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
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 Glen Park flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 1985
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Glen Park, from FEMA’s records.
Glen 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: Jefferson County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Glen Park
Disasters that paid out in Glen Park itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Glen Park), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 1999Snow$1K to the Village of Glen Park for repairs
Jefferson County has had 15 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often winter storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees; the 2001 World Trade Center declarations.
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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hounsfield | Aless damage than 94% | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| Pamelia | Aless damage than 92% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| Brownville | A−less damage than 85% | river and rain flooding | 12 |
| Watertown | A−less damage than 84% | river and rain flooding | 3 |
| Brownville | — | 700 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
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 Glen 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.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Glen Park
Does Glen Park flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Glen Park since 1985, $368 in all.
Is Glen 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 Jefferson County, 0.6% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Glen Park?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Glen Park’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 Glen Park?
By FEMA money that reached Glen Park, Snow (1999): $1K to the Village of Glen Park for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Glen Park.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Glen 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.