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Counties With the Lowest Flood Risk in Virginia (2026)

Falls Church has the lowest flood risk of any county in Virginia, at 21.5, followed by Arlington and Richmond (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for flood risk in Virginia

Top 25 of 133 counties with data.

Ranked by flood risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for flood risk in Virginia
RankCountyValue
1Falls Church21.5
2Arlington22.5
3Richmond26.8
4Henrico27.8
5Charlottesville27.8
6Radford28.8
7Loudoun29.1
8Dinwiddie30.9
9Montgomery32.3
10Nottoway33.0
11Petersburg34.3
12Sussex36.3
13Prince Edward36.8
14Spotsylvania37.2
15Caroline37.3
16Fairfax37.3
17Floyd37.9
18Harrisonburg38.5
19Martinsville39.4
20Lynchburg39.8
21Appomattox40.9
22Fairfax41.3
23Prince William43.1
24Carroll43.2
25Campbell43.8

How this ranking works

This page ranks Virginia counties by flood risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For flood risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh flood risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of flood risk.

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