City vs city
Burnt Mills vs Silver Spring, MD
Silver Spring currently scores 4 points higher overall than Burnt Mills, 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
Burnt Mills: 34/100 · Silver Spring: 38/100
Silver Spring is 4 points higher.
Flood
Burnt Mills: 22/100 · Silver Spring: 0/100
Burnt Mills is 22 points higher.
Burnt Mills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Silver Spring: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 0 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Burnt Mills: 21/100 · Silver Spring: 21/100
No gap.
Burnt Mills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Silver Spring: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Burnt Mills: 39/100 · Silver Spring: 38/100
Burnt Mills is 1 points higher.
Burnt Mills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Silver Spring: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Burnt Mills: 4/100 · Silver Spring: 27/100
Silver Spring is 23 points higher.
Burnt Mills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Silver Spring: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Burnt Mills: 71/100 · Silver Spring: 100/100
Silver Spring is 29 points higher.
Burnt Mills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Silver Spring: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Burnt Mills: Unavailable · Silver Spring: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Burnt Mills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Silver Spring: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Burnt Mills: 42/100 · Silver Spring: 37/100
Burnt Mills is 5 points higher.
Burnt Mills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Silver Spring: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Burnt Mills: 42/100 · Silver Spring: 45/100
Silver Spring is 3 points higher.
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.
Silver Spring: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.