Natural hazards · Mayfield

Mayfield, SD natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayfield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayfield to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding29%Drought28%Tornadoes15%Hail10%Cold waves9%Everything else10%

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

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

28% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 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: Yankton County.

Disasters that hit Mayfield

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayfieldDeclared for Yankton County only

Yankton County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Mayfield

Mayfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mayfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Walshtownmostly inland floodingHigh

Jamesvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Turkey Valleymostly inland floodingHigh

Salemmostly 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 Township 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.