Natural hazards · Mayer

Mayer, MN natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayer?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayer to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes15%Strong wind12%Cold waves10%Hail6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Mayer faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hail

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

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Mayer flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carver County.

Disasters that hit Mayer

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayerDeclared for Carver County only

Carver County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Mayer

Mayer and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Watertownmostly inland floodingVery high

Mayermostly inland floodingModerate

Camdenmostly inland floodingModerate

Hollywoodmostly inland floodingModerate

Waconiamostly inland floodingLow

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