City vs city
Birmingham vs Emerald Mountain, AL
Birmingham currently scores 12 points higher overall than Emerald Mountain, with the largest gap in hail.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Birmingham: 52/100 · Emerald Mountain: 40/100
Birmingham is 12 points higher.
Flood
Birmingham: 34/100 · Emerald Mountain: 60/100
Emerald Mountain is 26 points higher.
Birmingham: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Emerald Mountain: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Birmingham: 17/100 · Emerald Mountain: 19/100
Emerald Mountain is 2 points higher.
Birmingham: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Emerald Mountain: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Birmingham: 66/100 · Emerald Mountain: 70/100
Emerald Mountain is 4 points higher.
Birmingham: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Emerald Mountain: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Birmingham: 65/100 · Emerald Mountain: 31/100
Birmingham is 34 points higher.
Birmingham: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Emerald Mountain: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Birmingham: 100/100 · Emerald Mountain: 10/100
Birmingham is 90 points higher.
Birmingham: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Emerald Mountain: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Birmingham: Unavailable · Emerald Mountain: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Birmingham: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Emerald Mountain: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Birmingham: 57/100 · Emerald Mountain: 65/100
Emerald Mountain is 8 points higher.
Birmingham: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Emerald Mountain: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Birmingham: 28/100 · Emerald Mountain: 28/100
No gap.
Birmingham: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Emerald Mountain: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.