Natural hazards · Miller

Miller, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Miller comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Miller?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Miller to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding35%Heat waves17%Drought16%Tornadoes14%Cold waves9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Miller faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

17% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Miller flood?

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

Disasters that hit Miller

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Gentry County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Miller itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MillerDeclared for Gentry County only

Gentry County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Miller

Miller and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh

Millermostly inland floodingHigh

Athensmostly inland floodingHigh

McFallmostly inland floodingHigh

Jacksonmostly inland floodingHigh

Coopermostly inland floodingHigh

Grantmostly inland floodingModerate

Dallasmostly inland floodingModerate

Butlermostly inland floodingModerate

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