Galax city, VA: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Galax city scores at the 13.2th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Very Low" — among the lowest flood hazard in the country. The hazard here is driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 1 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Galax city's flood-insurance compliance gap
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Galax 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% of all residential structures in Galax city carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Galax city compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Galax city ranks 2756 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2678 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Galax city, Virginia covers 8.236 square miles and counts roughly 6,739 residents.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Galax city
Across all of Galax city's 2,376 residential structures, 0 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Galax city's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Galax 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.