Natural hazards · Millington

Millington, MD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Millington comes from drought, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Millington?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Millington to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought32%Inland flooding22%Hurricanes21%Everything else25%

By hazard

What Millington faces

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

Drought

32% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Millington flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$204Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $141K
Hurricane Floyd: 2 claims, $34K
Hurricane Isabel: 1 claim, $18K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kent County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

15flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Millington

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MillingtonDeclared for Kent County only

2011

Hurricane Irene

$67K to the Town of Millington for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$3K to the Town of Millington for repairs

2003

Hurricane Isabel

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $1K to the Town of Millington for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$25K to the Town of Millington for repairs

Kent County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.

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