Greensville County, VA flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Greensville County sits at the 16.2th national percentile, among the lowest flood hazard in the country; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 3 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Greensville County's flood-insurance compliance gap
6.9% of the homes FEMA requires to carry flood insurance in Greensville County — those inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area — actually have a policy in force: 2 policies against 29 mandated structures, which means a meaningful share of legally-required coverage simply isn't there. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.2% of all residential structures in Greensville County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Greensville County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Greensville County ranks 2667 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2332 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Greensville County, Virginia is home to about 11,150 people across 295.377 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Greensville County
Across all of Greensville County's 4,420 residential structures, 7 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Greensville County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. If you're unsure why any of this insurance requirement exists at all, the SFHA explainer covers it from first principles.