Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0On FEMA’s figures, Milan Township faces about as much hazard damage per building as the typical U.S. town, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Milan Township gets a B− for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 53% of U.S. towns, #789 of 993 in Ohio. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (79%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Milan Township faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Milan Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 79% of the building damage FEMA expects in Milan Township, and Milan Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 62% of U.S. census tracts. Next is tornadoes at 10% (higher than 75% of U.S. census tracts).
B− #789 of 993 in Ohio; lower expected damage per building than 53% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Milan Township’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
The typical Ohio town has lower expected damage than 79% of U.S. towns; within the state, Milan Township has more expected damage per building than 79% of Ohio towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.5M a year in losses across Milan Township: $1.3M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Milan Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Milan Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Milan Township isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Erie County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Milan Township
Disasters that paid out in Milan Township itself (aid to households or repair grants to Milan Township), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2004Snow$5K to Milan Township for repairs
Erie County has had 10 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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Milan Township is 5th of the 5 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk Township | B+less damage than 70% | river and rain flooding | 18 |
| Huron Township | B+less damage than 68% | river and rain flooding | 112 |
| Berlin Township | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | 5 |
| Oxford Township | B−less damage than 53% | river and rain flooding | 60 |
| Milan Township | B−less damage than 53% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Milan Township faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Milan Township
Is Milan Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Milan Township has lower expected damage per building than 53% of U.S. towns: B− for hazard risk, #789 of 993 in Ohio. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (79%) and tornadoes (10%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Milan Township in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Erie County, 18% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Milan Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Milan Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Milan Township?
By FEMA money that reached Milan Township, Snow (2004): $5K to Milan Township for repairs.
Is Milan Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (79%), and Milan Township’s rate for it is higher than 62% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Milan Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Milan Township’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.