City vs city
Birmingham vs Nances Creek, AL
Birmingham currently scores 19 points higher overall than Nances Creek, 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 · Nances Creek: 33/100
Birmingham is 19 points higher.
Flood
Birmingham: 34/100 · Nances Creek: 29/100
Birmingham is 5 points higher.
Birmingham: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Nances Creek: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Birmingham: 17/100 · Nances Creek: 16/100
Birmingham is 1 points higher.
Birmingham: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Nances Creek: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Birmingham: 66/100 · Nances Creek: 63/100
Birmingham is 3 points higher.
Birmingham: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Nances Creek: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Birmingham: 65/100 · Nances Creek: 8/100
Birmingham is 57 points higher.
Birmingham: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Nances Creek: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Birmingham: 100/100 · Nances Creek: 14/100
Birmingham is 86 points higher.
Birmingham: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Nances Creek: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Birmingham: Unavailable · Nances Creek: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Birmingham: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Nances Creek: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Birmingham: 57/100 · Nances Creek: 73/100
Nances Creek is 16 points higher.
Birmingham: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Nances Creek: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Birmingham: 28/100 · Nances Creek: 31/100
Nances Creek is 3 points higher.
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.
Nances Creek: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.