Natural hazards · Mayfield

Mayfield, PA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayfield?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayfield to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

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

92% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 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 Mayfield flood?

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

16paid claims since 1978

$1.5Mpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ 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: Lackawanna 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 Borough of Mayfield.

Brought FEMA money into MayfieldDeclared for Lackawanna County only

2006

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2004

Tropical Depression Ivan

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

Lackawanna County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Mayfield

Mayfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mayfieldmostly inland floodingVery high

Carbondalemostly inland floodingVery high

Jermynmostly inland floodingVery high

Archbaldmostly 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. 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 Borough 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.