Levees / Virginia / 4605000001

Norfolk, Virginia - Central Business District

Norfolk, Norfolk city, Virginia. USACE records 4,502 people living in the area this system is built to protect.

Accredited Levee SystemUSACE oversight
People behind it
4,502
USACE figure
Structures
219
in the leveed area
Levee length
n/a
miles, plus 0.32 of floodwall
Leveed area
0.14
square miles
01

The federal record

System ID
4605000001
System type
Levee System
FEMA accreditation
Accredited Levee System
Screening rating (LSAC)
Low
Inspection rating
M
Inspection date
07/23/2020
Rehabilitation programme
Active
Responsible sponsor
City of Norfolk, VA
Waterway
Not published
Segments
1
USACE district
Norfolk
USACE division
North Atlantic Division
FEMA region
3
Congressional district
03
Consequence estimate
$625.0 million
Flood of record
Not published

What this page does not tell you

It does not say whether any particular address is protected. A FEMA accreditation status describes this system measured against a design flood event, and USACE states that the database may not represent the totality of levees in the United States. If you need to know what applies to a specific property, your local floodplain administrator holds that answer. How to read an accreditation status.

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Where it is

Virginia
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Norfolk city, VA
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Source: USACE National Levee Database, system 4605000001. Refreshed 2026-09-10. Values are reproduced as published. USACE updates the database irregularly and without a change feed, so the refresh date above is the age of what you are reading.