Chesapeake, VA · the CityFunIndex

Disaster risk in Chesapeake

Chesapeake ranks T#11 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 92Exceptional. That puts it in the 93rd percentile nationally and T#3 of 4 in Virginia.

resilience score
92
Exceptional
National rank
T#11 of 134
In Virginia
T#3 of 4
Percentile
93rd

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Chesapeake sits 42 points above the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Ranked around Chesapeake

  1. #9 Gatlinburg, TN 94
  2. #10 Richmond, VA 93
  3. T#11 Chesapeake, VA — this page 92
  4. #13 Fargo, ND 91
  5. #14 Billings, MT 90

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Chesapeake

Chesapeake scores 44 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: