Natural hazards · Milner

Milner, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Milner comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Milner?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Milner to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes14%Hurricanes7%Strong wind7%Heat waves5%Drought5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Milner 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

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 54 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Milner flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Milner 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.

Disasters that hit Milner

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MilnerDeclared for Lamar County only

2011

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

3 households applied for aid $969 to the City of Milner for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$6K to the City of Milner for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the City of Milner for repairs

Lamar County has had 14 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. Milner 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 Milner’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Milner. 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.