Is Norton city, VA in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Norton city's flood hazard at the 7.3th percentile nationally — 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 2 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
Norton 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 Norton city, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 1.9% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Norton city compares nationally
Norton city sits at rank 2928 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2923 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Norton city, Virginia covers 7.477 square miles and counts roughly 3,478 residents.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Norton city
Across all of Norton city's 1,204 residential structures, 23 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 Norton city's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Norton city, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.