Natural hazards · Milo

Milo, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Milo comes from drought, 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 Milo?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Milo to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought41%Inland flooding31%Tornadoes10%Cold waves7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Milo faces

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

Drought

41% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Milo flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Warren County.

Disasters that hit Milo

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MiloDeclared for Warren County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Milo for repairs

Warren County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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