Natural hazards · Mayfield

Mayfield, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1978.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayfield to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes16%Cold waves14%Everything else9%

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

62% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 flood?

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

17paid claims since 1978

$986Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Late winter storms: 1 claim, $116K

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. 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: Cuyahoga County.

Disasters that hit Mayfield

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Cuyahoga County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Mayfield itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MayfieldDeclared for Cuyahoga County only

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

Around Mayfield

Mayfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gates Millsmostly inland floodingModerate

Willoughby Hillsmostly inland floodingLow

Highland Heightsmostly 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 covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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.

FEMA’s expected losses across Mayfield total about $945K 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.