How much flood risk does Lexington city actually carry?
Lexington city lands at the 13.1th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "Very Low" territory — among the lowest flood hazard in the country — with the hazard driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 2 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Lexington city
Lexington city is one of the counties where FEMA's own denominator for mandated flood-zone structures is missing, so no compliance rate is shown rather than a guessed one — the data quality guide covers how common this is. Across all residential structures in Lexington city, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.5% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Where Lexington city ranks
Lexington city sits at rank 2759 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2591 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Lexington city, Virginia covers 2.499 square miles and counts roughly 7,802 residents.
Checking a specific address in Lexington city
Across all of Lexington city's 1,938 residential structures, 10 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Lexington city's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Lexington city, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.