Floods in Virginia

Property owners in Virginia have filed 50,040 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $763 million paid.

50,040flood insurance claims since 1978
$763Mpaid on those claims
2003most claims in one year, 11,901
11thamong the states for claims

2025

Floods on record, by year

Over time

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events

Aug 30, 2004	Flash Flood	Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield	8	$29.0 million
Oct 11, 2018	Flash Flood	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford	5	$17.3 million
Jan 19, 1996	Flood	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper	4	$25.0 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Virginia

Virginia Beach city	6,260
Norfolk city	6,019
Hampton city	5,774
Poquoson city	4,290
Chesapeake city	2,634
Portsmouth city	1,748
York County	1,569
Fairfax County	1,488
Gloucester County	1,378
Roanoke city	1,184
Mathews County	1,162
Accomack County	1,114
Newport News city	1,065
Salem city	812
Roanoke County	583
Richmond city	547
Prince William County	485
Tazewell County	481
Alexandria city	404
Lancaster County	396
Northumberland County	385
James City County	370
Warren County	370
Waynesboro city	367
Buchanan County	360
Henrico County	357
Wise County	348
Rockbridge County	313
Rockingham County	282
Buena Vista city	276
Chesterfield County	268
Essex County	241
Botetourt County	239
Middlesex County	234
Suffolk city	234
Westmoreland County	230
Arlington County	215
Alleghany County	213
Covington city	206
Shenandoah County	205
Page County	188
Halifax County	186
Augusta County	183
Isle of Wight County	183
Montgomery County	181
Loudoun County	168
Stafford County	164
Danville city	164
Smyth County	160
Lynchburg city	151
Henry County	148
Petersburg city	129
Albemarle County	123
Dickenson County	118
Franklin city	106
Pulaski County	99
Northampton County	98
Craig County	94
Southampton County	91
King William County	89
Giles County	88
Washington County	80
Colonial Heights city	79
Falls Church city	74
Surry County	70
Frederick County	57
Staunton city	57
Richmond County	56
Harrisonburg city	55
Spotsylvania County	54
Amherst County	53
Fairfax city	53
Russell County	52
Lee County	50
Bland County	50
Norton city	46
Patrick County	45
Franklin County	45
Fredericksburg city	44
Charlottesville city	44
Culpeper County	43
Prince Edward County	40
Hanover County	39
New Kent County	36
Prince George County	36
Scott County	36
Sussex County	34
Clarke County	34
Lexington city	34
Fauquier County	33
Nelson County	31
Wythe County	31
Campbell County	30
Greene County	28
Pittsylvania County	26
Bedford County	26
Manassas city	25
Bristol city	24
Fluvanna County	23
King and Queen County	22
Carroll County	22
Orange County	20
Madison County	19
Floyd County	19
Goochland County	18
Williamsburg city	18
Hopewell city	18
Emporia city	18
Winchester city	17
Bath County	16
King George County	16
Brunswick County	12
Cumberland County	11
Appomattox County	9
Rappahannock County	9
Charles City County	9
Buckingham County	8
Dinwiddie County	8
Mecklenburg County	8
Caroline County	8
Amelia County	7
Highland County	6
Radford city	6
Grayson County	6
Manassas Park city	5
Greensville County	5
Louisa County	4
Charlotte County	2
Galax city	2
Powhatan County	1
Nottoway County	1

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).