How much flood risk does Suffolk city actually carry?
Suffolk city lands at the 61th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "Relatively Moderate" territory — a middling flood hazard by national standards — with the hazard split between inland river flooding (about once every 1 years) and coastal storm surge (about 3.7 times a year). That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
Suffolk 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 Suffolk city, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 2.5% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Where Suffolk city ranks
Suffolk city sits at rank 1281 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 606 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Suffolk city, Virginia covers 399.17 square miles and counts roughly 103,105 residents.
Checking a specific address in Suffolk city
762 of Suffolk city's 30,623 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 Suffolk city's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Suffolk city, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.