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July 11, 2025
Dear Current Resident/Property Owner:
Subject: Property Flooding and Insurance Information
You have received this letter because your property (or part of your property) is located in a
Special Flood Hazard Zone (SFHA), generally referred to as the 100-year Floodplain. In an
effort to educate property owners and/or current residents about living in the floodplain,
each year we reach out to share news updates and remind you of the flood-related services
we offer.
News updates:
• On April 1, 2022, the City of Newport News successfully joined the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS) making NFIP
policyholders eligible to receive a 15% discount on flood insurance premiums.
• Great news – due to the city’s continued efforts to study current and future flood risk
and share risk information within our community, that discount will increase to 20%
on October 1, 2025.
• Public Meetings – Keep an eye out for meeting notices when we’ll be in your
neighborhood to share what we’ve learned about the future of flood risk in Newport
News and strides we are making to build a more resilient city. Periodic updates and
more flood information can be found in the Newport News Now e-newsletter here:
https://www.nnva.gov/2121/Newport-News-Now.
• Visit our updated Floodplain Management webpage
(https://www.nnva.gov/2982/Floodplain-Management) and Flood Resilience
webpage (https://www.nnva.gov/2988/Flood-Resilience) to learn more.
Flood-Related Services:
The City of Newport News offers a variety of flood-related property mapping and
information services to property owners and renters. The content below is intended to
make our residents more aware of potential flood risk and of City programs and
information services available. Reach out to obtain information on the following:
1. Basic flood insurance rate map (FIRM) information: The City maintains basic FIRM
information that is needed to write a flood insurance policy including if the property
is in the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the date of the FIRM, the FIRM zone, base
flood elevation where shown on the FIRM. This information is mapped in the City’s
GIS Viewer and available to property owners and renters for their specific properties.
2. Additional areas of risk: Additional information may include: areas mapped and
regulated outside of the SFHA, limits of moderate wave action, as well as dam
inundation zones.
City of Newport News, 2400 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA, 23607
Phone: (757) 933-2311 Fax: (757) 926-8300
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