Natural hazards · Mayville

Mayville, ND natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayville to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes15%Ice storms9%Cold waves8%Hail8%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Mayville faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Heat 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 Mayville flood?

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

29paid claims since 1979

$409Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 8 claims, $125K
Midwest Flooding: 4 claims, $11K
Late spring storms: 1 claim, $14K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Traill County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Mayville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayvilleDeclared for Traill County only

2025

Severe Storm, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$25K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2022

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$4.3M to the City of Mayville for repairs

2011

Flooding

$27K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2010

Flooding

$4K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $89K aid approved $22K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

$7K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

$20K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

$4K to the City of Mayville for repairs

1999

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow, Ice, Ground Saturation, Lanslides, Mudslides, and Tor

$6K to the City of Mayville for repairs

Traill County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Mayville

Mayville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mayvillemostly inland floodingLow

Lindaasmostly inland floodingLow

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

Mayville, ND natural hazards

How exposed is Mayville?

What Mayville faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Ice storms

Cold waves

Hail

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Mayville flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storm, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

Flooding

Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ground Saturation

Severe Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation

Severe Storms, Flooding and Ground Saturation

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow, Ice, Ground Saturation, Lanslides, Mudslides, and Tor

Mayville and the towns around it

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