Natural hazards · Millport

Millport, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Millport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1982. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Millport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Millport to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes20%Lightning12%Cold waves11%Earthquakes8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Millport faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lightning

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Millport flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Millport, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 1982

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lamar County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

31storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Millport

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MillportDeclared for Lamar County only

2020

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Millport for repairs

2011

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

9 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

11 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $10K to the Town of Millport for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Millport for repairs

Lamar County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Millport 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 Millport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Millport. 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.

Millport, AL natural hazards

How exposed is Millport?

What Millport faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lightning

Cold waves

Earthquakes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Millport flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

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

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Ivan

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Flooding

How to read this page

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