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SLR 3 ft above MHHW

Hampton Roads PDC & Hampton Roads TPO

Updated Nov 6, 2026

About this dataset

This layer group contains raster versions of sea level rise planning scenarios for Hampton Roads, Virginia. The scenarios are based on the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission's (HRPDC) Sea Level Rise Planning Policy and Approach, as approved by the HRPDC on October 18, 2018: 

  • 2018-2050: 1.5 feet of sea level rise above current MHHW (mean higher high water) 
  • 2050-2080: 3 feet of sea level rise above current MHHW 
  • 2080-2100: 4.5 feet of sea level rise above current MHHW 

The policy and approach are available on the HRPDC website here. All scenarios were created by the HRPDC staff based on NOAA's "Mapping Coastal Inundation Primer," as described in the HRPDC report, "Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Planning and Technical Assistance," which is available online here. 

 
Sea level rise scenarios were developed by HRPDC staff utilizing elevation and tidal surface data from USGS and NOAA.
 
Funding for this work was provided, in part, by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality through Grant # NA13NOS4190135 of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.

Data and resources (6)

Prototype by Datopian · not an official government website · data from data.virginia.gov