Natural hazards · Mila Doce

Mila Doce, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mila Doce comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 2018. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mila Doce?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mila Doce to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves35%Hurricanes32%Inland flooding19%Heat waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Mila Doce faces

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

Cold waves

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mila Doce flood?

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

16paid claims since 2018

$677Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Hanna: 10 claims, $392K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hidalgo County.

Disasters that hit Mila Doce

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Mila Doce itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Mila Doce.

Brought FEMA money into Mila DoceDeclared for Hidalgo County only

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Mila Doce

Mila Doce and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mila Docemostly cold wavesHigh

Olivarezmostly cold wavesHigh

Weslacomostly hurricanesHigh

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. Mila Doce covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mila Doce’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Mila Doce. 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 Mila Doce total about $812K 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.