THE SUFFOLK CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods setting.
Suffolk city has 399.2 square miles of land in Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Suffolk city: Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods, 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
Suffolk city intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods67.5%
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes17.5%
- Swamps and Peatlands15.1%
Finding your parcel within Suffolk city
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Suffolk city, including Suffolk. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Suffolk city by land and water
The Census records 29.7 square miles of water within Suffolk city, or 6.9% of its total area. That share is close to Suffolk city’s 6.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Chesapeake city, Isle of Wight County, Newport News city, Portsmouth city, Southampton County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

