City vs city
Burnt Mills vs Columbia, MD
Columbia currently scores 1 points higher overall than Burnt Mills, 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
Burnt Mills: 34/100 · Columbia: 35/100
Columbia is 1 points higher.
Flood
Burnt Mills: 22/100 · Columbia: 24/100
Columbia is 2 points higher.
Burnt Mills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Columbia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Burnt Mills: 21/100 · Columbia: 21/100
No gap.
Burnt Mills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Columbia: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Burnt Mills: 39/100 · Columbia: 39/100
No gap.
Burnt Mills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Columbia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Burnt Mills: 4/100 · Columbia: 19/100
Columbia is 15 points higher.
Burnt Mills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Burnt Mills: 71/100 · Columbia: 58/100
Burnt Mills is 13 points higher.
Burnt Mills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Burnt Mills: Unavailable · Columbia: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Burnt Mills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Columbia: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Burnt Mills: 42/100 · Columbia: 40/100
Burnt Mills is 2 points higher.
Burnt Mills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Columbia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Burnt Mills: 42/100 · Columbia: 42/100
No gap.
Burnt Mills: 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.