Virginia Beach city, VA flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Virginia Beach city sits at the 67.4th national percentile, a middling flood hazard by national standards; driven by coastal storm surge rather than inland rivers — FEMA's model puts a surge event here at about 3.4 times a year. 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
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Virginia Beach 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, 12.1% of all residential structures in Virginia Beach city carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Virginia Beach city ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Virginia Beach city ranks 1069 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 163 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Virginia Beach city, Virginia is home to about 454,808 people across 244.72 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Virginia Beach city
Across all of Virginia Beach city's 122,183 residential structures, 14,810 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Virginia Beach city's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Virginia Beach 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.