Natural hazards · Mayville

Mayville, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1990. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayville to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves19%Tornadoes18%Hail8%Everything else10%

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

46% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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.

10paid claims since 1990

$52Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

Storm: 2 claims, $6K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

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: Dodge 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 City of Mayville.

Brought FEMA money into MayvilleDeclared for Dodge County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $69K aid approved $33K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$12K to the City of Mayville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $5K to the City of Mayville for repairs

Dodge County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Mayville

Mayville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kekoskeemostly inland floodingLow

Hubbardmostly inland floodingLow

Mayvillemostly 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. Mayville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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 City of Mayville. 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 Mayville total about $2.1M 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.