City vs city
Ballenger Creek vs Columbia, MD
Columbia currently scores 9 points higher overall than Ballenger 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
Ballenger Creek: 26/100 · Columbia: 35/100
Columbia is 9 points higher.
Flood
Ballenger Creek: 0/100 · Columbia: 24/100
Columbia is 24 points higher.
Ballenger Creek: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 0 features intersect this tile.
Columbia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Ballenger Creek: 20/100 · Columbia: 21/100
Columbia is 1 points higher.
Ballenger Creek: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Columbia: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Ballenger Creek: 29/100 · Columbia: 39/100
Columbia is 10 points higher.
Ballenger Creek: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Columbia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Ballenger Creek: 8/100 · Columbia: 19/100
Columbia is 11 points higher.
Ballenger Creek: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Ballenger Creek: 32/100 · Columbia: 58/100
Columbia is 26 points higher.
Ballenger Creek: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Ballenger Creek: Unavailable · Columbia: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Ballenger Creek: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Columbia: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Ballenger Creek: 48/100 · Columbia: 40/100
Ballenger Creek is 8 points higher.
Ballenger Creek: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Columbia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Ballenger Creek: 42/100 · Columbia: 42/100
No gap.
Ballenger 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.
Columbia: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.