Natural hazards · Mayfield

Mayfield, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayfield to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Cold waves13%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Mayfield faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mayfield flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fulton County.

Disasters that hit Mayfield

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayfieldDeclared for Fulton County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Village of Mayfield for repairs

2011

Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

2002

Snowstorms

$1K to the Village of Mayfield for repairs

Fulton County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Mayfield 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 Mayfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Mayfield. 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.