Natural hazards · Millen

Millen, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Millen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1992. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Millen?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Millen to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes9%Drought7%Heat waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Millen faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Millen flood?

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

8paid claims since 1992

$67Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19922026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Dennis: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jenkins County.

Disasters that hit Millen

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MillenDeclared for Jenkins County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1,883 households applied for aid $2.4M aid approved $403K to the City of Millen for repairs

2018

Hurricane Michael

$17K to the City of Millen for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$58K to the City of Millen for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

59 households applied for aid $204K aid approved $3K to the City of Millen for repairs

Jenkins County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Millen 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 Millen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Millen. 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.