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Mayville, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1984. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mayville?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayville to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%
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

88% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Mayville flood?

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

3paid claims since 1984
$24Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19842026
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: Chautauqua County.
Disasters that hit Mayville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayvilleDeclared for Chautauqua County only
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Village of Mayville for repairs
2001

Snow

$4K to the Village of Mayville for repairs
2000

Snow

$2K to the Village of Mayville for repairs
1999

Snow

$4K to the Village of Mayville for repairs
Chautauqua County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Mayville

Mayville and the towns around it

Chautauqua: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingStockton: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Harmony: High, mostly inland floodingEllery: High, mostly inland floodingSherman: Low, mostly inland floodingMayville: Moderate, mostly inland flooding MayvilleChautauqua
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mayvillemostly inland floodingModerate
Chautauquamostly inland floodingModerate
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 Village 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.

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