City vs city
Meadowbrook vs Vestavia Hills, AL
Vestavia Hills currently scores 2 points higher overall than Meadowbrook, with the largest gap in tornado.
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
Meadowbrook: 45/100 · Vestavia Hills: 47/100
Vestavia Hills is 2 points higher.
Flood
Meadowbrook: 29/100 · Vestavia Hills: 31/100
Vestavia Hills is 2 points higher.
Meadowbrook: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Vestavia Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Meadowbrook: 17/100 · Vestavia Hills: 17/100
No gap.
Meadowbrook: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Vestavia Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Meadowbrook: 64/100 · Vestavia Hills: 64/100
No gap.
Meadowbrook: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Vestavia Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Meadowbrook: 27/100 · Vestavia Hills: 46/100
Vestavia Hills is 19 points higher.
Meadowbrook: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Vestavia Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Meadowbrook: 100/100 · Vestavia Hills: 93/100
Meadowbrook is 7 points higher.
Meadowbrook: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Vestavia Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Meadowbrook: Unavailable · Vestavia Hills: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Meadowbrook: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Vestavia Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Meadowbrook: 47/100 · Vestavia Hills: 49/100
Vestavia Hills is 2 points higher.
Meadowbrook: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Vestavia Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Meadowbrook: 28/100 · Vestavia Hills: 28/100
No gap.
Meadowbrook: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Vestavia Hills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.