City vs city
Ball Ground vs Gainesville, GA
Ball Ground currently scores 1 points higher overall than Gainesville, 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
Ball Ground: 46/100 · Gainesville: 45/100
Ball Ground is 1 points higher.
Flood
Ball Ground: 37/100 · Gainesville: 28/100
Ball Ground is 9 points higher.
Ball Ground: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Gainesville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Ball Ground: 15/100 · Gainesville: 15/100
No gap.
Ball Ground: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Gainesville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Ball Ground: 60/100 · Gainesville: 56/100
Ball Ground is 4 points higher.
Ball Ground: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Gainesville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Ball Ground: 46/100 · Gainesville: 42/100
Ball Ground is 4 points higher.
Ball Ground: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Gainesville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Ball Ground: 63/100 · Gainesville: 100/100
Gainesville is 37 points higher.
Ball Ground: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Gainesville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Ball Ground: Unavailable · Gainesville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Ball Ground: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Gainesville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Ball Ground: 71/100 · Gainesville: 46/100
Ball Ground is 25 points higher.
Ball Ground: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Gainesville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Ball Ground: 31/100 · Gainesville: 28/100
Ball Ground is 3 points higher.
Ball Ground: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Gainesville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.