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Natural hazards · Milton

Milton, MN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Milton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Milton?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Milton to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes15%Cold waves10%Strong wind8%Hail7%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Milton faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Milton flood?

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

1paid claims since 2010
$13Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20102026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Milton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dodge County.
Disasters that hit Milton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MiltonDeclared for Dodge County only
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Township of Milton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Township of Milton for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$5K to the Township of Milton for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Township of Milton for repairs
Dodge County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Milton

Milton and the towns around it

Concord: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMantorville: High, mostly inland floodingNew Haven: Low, mostly inland floodingRoscoe: High, mostly inland floodingEllington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWasioja: Low, mostly inland floodingKasson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMantorville: High, mostly inland floodingCanisteo: High, mostly inland floodingKalmar: Low, mostly inland floodingPine Island: High, mostly inland floodingOronoco: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOronoco: Moderate, mostly inland floodingZumbrota: High, mostly inland floodingPine Island: High, mostly inland floodingCherry Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMinneola: High, mostly inland floodingMilton: High, mostly inland flooding MiltonConcordMantorvilleNew HavenRoscoe
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Roscoemostly inland floodingHigh
Miltonmostly inland floodingHigh
Mantorvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Concordmostly inland floodingModerate
New Havenmostly inland floodingLow
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. Milton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Milton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Milton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Milton total about $2.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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