Natural hazards · Mayodan

Mayodan, NC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayodan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayodan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Mayodan faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mayodan flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$295Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rockingham County.

Disasters that hit Mayodan

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayodanDeclared for Rockingham County only

2018

Tornado and Severe Storms

1 household applied for aid

Rockingham County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

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