Natural hazards · Milan

Milan, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Milan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Milan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Milan to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding35%Hurricanes26%Tornadoes17%Drought8%Heat waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Milan faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Milan flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Milan.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Telfair County.

Disasters that hit Milan

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MilanDeclared for Telfair County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

335 households applied for aid $229K aid approved

Telfair County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

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