Natural hazards · Mayetta

Mayetta, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayetta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayetta?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayetta to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding39%Wildfire17%Tornadoes16%Heat waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Mayetta faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

17% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Mayetta flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

Disasters that hit Mayetta

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayettaDeclared for Jackson County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$12K to the City of Mayetta for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$836 to the City of Mayetta for repairs

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

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