Is Salem city, VA in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Salem city's flood hazard at the 44.8th percentile nationally — below the national norm for flood hazard — 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. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Salem city's flood-insurance compliance gap
Salem 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 Salem city, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 1.5% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Salem city against the rest of the country
Salem city sits at rank 1796 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 1587 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Salem city, Virginia is home to about 25,908 people across 14.517 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Salem city
135 of Salem city's 8,770 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Salem city's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Salem city, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.