Danville city, VA flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Danville city sits at the 81.5th national percentile, a middling flood hazard by national standards; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 1.8 times a year. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Danville city
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Danville city's mapped flood zone, so a reliable mandatory-compliance percentage can't be computed here — see the data quality guide for why this gap exists for roughly a quarter of US counties. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.2% of all residential structures in Danville city carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Danville city against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Danville city ranks 610 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1155 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Danville city, Virginia is home to about 41,993 people across 42.803 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Danville city
FEMA counts 17,481 residential structures in Danville city overall, 39 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Danville city's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Danville city's compliance figure is one of the ones affected by FEMA's incomplete denominator data — the data quality guide explains what that means and how many counties it touches.