Newport News city, VA: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Newport News city scores at the 71.4th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Relatively Low" — below the national norm for flood hazard. 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 1 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Newport News city's flood-insurance compliance gap
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Newport News 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, 2.8% of all residential structures in Newport News city carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Newport News city compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Newport News city ranks 936 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 379 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 183,056 people live in Newport News city, Virginia, spread over 68.996 square miles.
Your street may differ from Newport News city's average
FEMA counts 51,647 residential structures in Newport News city overall, 1,418 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Newport News city's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Newport News 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.