THE CHESAPEAKE CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes setting.
Chesapeake city has 338.5 square miles of land in Virginia. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Chesapeake city: Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes, Swamps and Peatlands.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Chesapeake city intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes71.5%
- Swamps and Peatlands28.5%
Finding your parcel within Chesapeake city
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Chesapeake city, including Chesapeake. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Chesapeake city by land and water
The Census records 12.5 square miles of water within Chesapeake city, or 3.6% of its total area. That share is close to Chesapeake city’s 3.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Norfolk city, Portsmouth city, Suffolk city, Virginia Beach city within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.