Flooding Studies

Like other coastal cities, Norfolk is vulnerable to the increased severity of storms and flooding caused by relative sea level rise. Immediate and long-term solutions range from simple landscaping techniques that allow adequate stormwater drainage to complex engineering projects designed to reroute and deflect water. Working with international and regional experts and residents, Norfolk is creating planning models to predict future shoreline conditions. In 2007, Norfolk initiated a series of Coastal Flooding and Precipitation Flooding studies to analyze the City, wastershed-by-watershed and provide solutions tailored to local conditions and neighborhoods.

The Hague

• Chrysler Museum Culvert Inspection - November 2013, Moffatt and Nichol
• City of Norfolk City-wide Coastal Flooding Council Workshop - February 2011, Fugro and Moffatt and Nichol
• City-wide Drainage Master Plan - November 2012, Timmons Group
  • Appendices (PDF)
  • Exhibits (PDF)
• Combined Coastal and Precipitation Flooding Master Plan (PDF) - June 2014, Norfolk Public Works/Operations (Final to be released January 2018)
• Draft Integrated City of Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study/Environmental Impact Statement (PDF) - October 2017, USACE
• Flood Mitigation Alternatives Evaluation, The Hague Watershed (PDF) - April 2011, Fugro
  • Figures (PDF)
  • Appendices (PDF)
• Norfolk Storm Water Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Prioritization Plan (PDF) - December 2002, Clark Nexsen
• Preliminary Flood Evaluation Report (PDF) - 2010, Fugro
• Storm Water Master Plan for The Hague (PDF) - April 2010, Clark Nexsen
• Preliminary City-wide Coastal Flooding Mitigation Concept Evaluation and Master Plan Development (PDF) - May 2012, Fugro
• Preliminary Engineering Feasibility Report, The Hague Watershed (PDF) - March 2012, Fugro
  • Appendices (PDF)
• Recurrent Flooding Study for Tidewater Virginia - January 2013, Center for Coastal Resources Management, VIMS
• Hague Stormwater Evaluation and Improvement Concepts Report (PDF), August 2014, Moffatt & Nichol

Lafayette

• Tidal Protection Alternatives Evaluation (PDF)
  • Charts (PDF)

Mason Creek

• Mason Creek - April 2010
• Chesapeake Boulevard Preliminary Engineering Report (PDF)
  • Dredging Package (PDF)
  • Sediment Sampling (PDF)
  • Water Quality Characteristics (PDF)
  • Wetland Characteristics (PDF)

Ohio Creek

• Ohio Creek Watershed Master Plan - August 2012, Timmons Group

Pretty Lake

• Pretty Lake (PDF)
  • Pretty Lake Engineering Report (PDF)

St. Paul's 

• St. Paul's Synthesis Document - June 2021

Regional

• Norfolk_Virginia Beach Joint Land Use Study - August 2019
• East Ocean View Drainage Study - April 2013
• East Ocean View Master Plan Hazen Technical Memo - May 2021