Natural hazards · Millerstown

Millerstown, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Millerstown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1984. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Millerstown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Millerstown to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Hurricanes7%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Millerstown faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Millerstown flood?

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

5paid claims since 1984

$45Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $20K

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. Millerstown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Perry County.

Disasters that hit Millerstown

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MillerstownDeclared for Perry County only

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

14 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

9 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

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

Around Millerstown

Millerstown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Millerstownmostly inland floodingHigh

Greenwoodmostly inland floodingHigh

Tuscaroramostly inland floodingHigh

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