City vs city
Gainesville vs Sugar Hill, GA
Gainesville currently scores 3 points higher overall than Sugar Hill, 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
Gainesville: 45/100 · Sugar Hill: 42/100
Gainesville is 3 points higher.
Flood
Gainesville: 28/100 · Sugar Hill: 58/100
Sugar Hill is 30 points higher.
Gainesville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Sugar Hill: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 12 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Gainesville: 15/100 · Sugar Hill: 15/100
No gap.
Gainesville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sugar Hill: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Gainesville: 56/100 · Sugar Hill: 56/100
No gap.
Gainesville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sugar Hill: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Gainesville: 42/100 · Sugar Hill: 19/100
Gainesville is 23 points higher.
Gainesville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sugar Hill: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Gainesville: 100/100 · Sugar Hill: 52/100
Gainesville is 48 points higher.
Gainesville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sugar Hill: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Gainesville: Unavailable · Sugar Hill: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Gainesville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sugar Hill: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Gainesville: 46/100 · Sugar Hill: 66/100
Sugar Hill is 20 points higher.
Gainesville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sugar Hill: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Gainesville: 28/100 · Sugar Hill: 29/100
Sugar Hill is 1 points higher.
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.
Sugar Hill: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.