Is Poquoson safe? United States travel risk
Is Poquoson safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Poquoson scores 40/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Poquoson scores 40/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Poquoson: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: natural hazards (66/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 40 is higher than 41% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Virginia at 37.1318° N, 76.3568° W (elevation 1 m), Poquoson lies 205.4 km NNW of Washington. Time zone: America/New_York.
Virginia
37.1318° N, 76.3568° W
1 m
America/New_York
12,556
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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