Natural hazards · Mayfield Heights

Mayfield Heights, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayfield Heights comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayfield Heights?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayfield Heights to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves26%Tornadoes16%Heat waves6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Mayfield Heights faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Heights flood?

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

3paid claims since 1980

$28Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Mayfield Heights

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mayfield HeightsDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

2012

Severe Storms and Flooding Due to the Remnants of Hurricane Sandy

$9K to the City of Mayfield Heights for repairs

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, and High Winds

7 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Cuyahoga County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Mayfield Heights

Mayfield Heights and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gates Millsmostly inland floodingModerate

Lyndhurstmostly inland floodingVery low

Mayfield Heightsmostly inland floodingVery low

Mayfieldmostly inland floodingVery low

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 Heights covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mayfield Heights’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mayfield Heights. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Mayfield Heights total about $3.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.