Natural hazards · Milliken

Milliken, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Milliken comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2013. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Milliken?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Milliken to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves18%Tornadoes13%Hail9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Milliken faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 27 years in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamis

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 Milliken flood?

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

3paid claims since 2013

$151Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

Biggest named events

Late summer storms: 3 claims, $151K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Weld County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Milliken

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MillikenDeclared for Weld County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

160 households applied for aid $507K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

29 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

Weld County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Milliken

Milliken and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Millikenmostly inland floodingHigh

Evansmostly inland floodingModerate

Johnstownmostly inland floodingLow

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. Milliken covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Milliken’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Milliken. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Milliken total about $3.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.