Most Flood-Prone Counties in Virginia

Based on NOAA Storm Events Database records from 1996 to 2025, these are the Virginia counties with the most recorded flood events. Fairfax County tops the list with 539 events. The data includes river floods, flash floods, coastal flooding, and hurricane-related flooding.

Rank	County	Total Events	River Floods	Flash Floods
1	Fairfax County	539	291	238
2	Prince William County	267	182	84
3	Albemarle County	221	132	89
4	Shenandoah County	185	136	49
5	Loudoun County	181	109	72
6	Halifax County	177	123	51
7	Culpeper County	157	101	55
8	Frederick County	150	116	34
9	Augusta County	149	92	57
10	Madison County	146	101	44
11	Fauquier County	146	92	54
12	Greene County	140	72	67
13	Rockingham County	140	82	58
14	Norfolk city	135	12	81
15	Orange County	134	99	34
16	Virginia Beach city	132	16	69
17	Nelson County	131	64	65
18	Franklin County	130	34	94
19	Tazewell County	126	41	85
20	Stafford County	117	78	33
21	Warren County	115	70	45
22	Pittsylvania County	114	56	55
23	Campbell County	113	42	68
24	Montgomery County	107	35	71
25	Chesterfield County	105	9	96
26	Alexandria city	102	24	44
27	Roanoke County	96	39	56
28	Giles County	87	41	46
29	Bedford County	82	22	59
30	Roanoke city	81	32	48
31	Carroll County	80	17	62
32	Portsmouth city	80	9	29
33	Arlington County	79	23	24
34	Henry County	79	14	63
35	Pulaski County	79	31	47
36	Botetourt County	78	34	43
37	Patrick County	77	14	61
38	Rockbridge County	77	24	52
39	Northampton County	74	5	10
40	Richmond city	74	4	70
41	Rappahannock County	73	43	30
42	Page County	72	43	28
43	Richmond County	72	11	51
44	Chesapeake city	71	10	36
45	Charlotte County	69	44	22
46	Spotsylvania County	68	36	29
47	Wythe County	67	24	43
48	Smyth County	65	31	34
49	Buchanan County	65	21	44
50	Buckingham County	64	33	29
51	Henrico County	64	7	57
52	Danville city	64	42	19
53	Dickenson County	63	28	35
54	Isle of Wight County	62	9	36
55	Lancaster County	62	5	26
56	Northumberland County	59	4	16
57	Newport News city	58	7	40
58	Accomack County	57	4	23
59	Suffolk city	54	5	30
60	Hampton city	54	9	31
61	Clarke County	53	33	20
62	Grayson County	53	14	39
63	Prince George County	53	8	41
64	Surry County	52	5	31
65	Westmoreland County	50	5	30
66	Appomattox County	49	13	34
67	Lynchburg city	49	25	21
68	Mecklenburg County	47	9	37
69	Amherst County	47	19	26
70	James City County	46	5	17
71	Wise County	46	14	32
72	York County	46	6	26
73	Hanover County	45	9	36
74	Falls Church city	44	7	6
75	Petersburg city	44	3	37
76	Sussex County	44	4	37
77	Washington County	44	17	27
78	Southampton County	42	7	31
79	Alleghany County	40	16	23
80	Bath County	40	12	27
81	King George County	38	18	14
82	Scott County	37	10	27
83	Mathews County	35	4	9
84	Russell County	35	15	20
85	Salem city	35	24	10
86	Brunswick County	33	3	28
87	Dinwiddie County	33	4	27
88	Fairfax city	32	17	6
89	Galax city	30	15	14
90	Middlesex County	29	7	3
91	New Kent County	29	6	18
92	Harrisonburg city	29	17	12
93	Williamsburg city	29	3	2
94	Gloucester County	29	5	5
95	Highland County	28	10	18
96	Floyd County	27	5	21
97	Prince Edward County	27	5	21
98	Staunton city	26	12	14
99	Caroline County	26	9	15
100	King William County	25	8	15
101	Lee County	25	10	15
102	Fredericksburg city	25	13	9
103	Martinsville city	24	5	17
104	Craig County	23	9	13
105	Lunenburg County	23	4	18
106	Charlottesville city	23	11	10
107	Waynesboro city	23	15	8
108	Bland County	23	7	16
109	Essex County	22	6	6
110	Louisa County	22	7	15
111	Powhatan County	22	5	16
112	Charles City County	21	5	11
113	Nottoway County	19	4	14
114	Colonial Heights city	19	5	14
115	Poquoson city	19	0	5
116	Lexington city	18	10	7
117	King and Queen County	16	7	7
118	Manassas city	16	7	9
119	Radford city	15	12	2
120	Amelia County	14	4	9
121	Norton city	14	9	5
122	Winchester city	14	5	9
123	Franklin city	14	5	5
124	Buena Vista city	13	10	2
125	Bristol city	13	8	5
126	Emporia city	13	4	7
127	Cumberland County	12	6	5
128	Fluvanna County	12	6	5
129	Greensville County	12	3	7
130	Hopewell city	11	3	4
131	Covington city	9	4	4
132	Goochland County	8	5	2
133	Manassas Park city	3	1	2

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025).

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