Flood Plain maps illustrate the level of risk to citizens living near large or small bodies of water subject to regular cresting or flooding during prolonged periods of rain or precipitation. A 100-Year Flood Plain indicates the maximum level of flooding expected to occur every hundred years, in other words there is 1% chance of maximum level flooding each year. In a 50-Year Flood Plain there is a 2% chance, in a 10-Year Flood Plain there is a 10% chance every year of maximum level flooding.

Storm Surge maps illustrate the level of risk to citizens living in low lying, coastal areas subject to flash flooding as a result of tropical force winds (45 MPH or greater) from an approaching hurricane or tropical storm. Citizens living in areas affected by storm surge flooding should prepare to evacuate when advised to by City officials prior to the landfall of a hurricane or tropical storm.

Download a Newport News Flood Plain Map. (629 KB)

Download a Newport News Storm Surge Map. (427 KB)

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For the above maps, any determination of topography or contours, or any depiction of physical improvements, property lines or boundaries is for general information only and shall not be used for the design, modification or construction improvements to real property or for flood plain determination.