City vs city
Columbia vs Hillcrest Heights, MD
Hillcrest Heights currently scores 6 points higher overall than Columbia, 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
Columbia: 35/100 · Hillcrest Heights: 41/100
Hillcrest Heights is 6 points higher.
Flood
Columbia: 24/100 · Hillcrest Heights: 14/100
Columbia is 10 points higher.
Columbia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Hillcrest Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Columbia: 21/100 · Hillcrest Heights: 21/100
No gap.
Columbia: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Hillcrest Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Columbia: 39/100 · Hillcrest Heights: 40/100
Hillcrest Heights is 1 points higher.
Columbia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Hillcrest Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Columbia: 19/100 · Hillcrest Heights: 31/100
Hillcrest Heights is 12 points higher.
Columbia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hillcrest Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Columbia: 58/100 · Hillcrest Heights: 37/100
Columbia is 21 points higher.
Columbia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hillcrest Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Columbia: Unavailable · Hillcrest Heights: 93/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Columbia: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Hillcrest Heights: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Columbia: 40/100 · Hillcrest Heights: 48/100
Hillcrest Heights is 8 points higher.
Columbia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Hillcrest Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Columbia: 42/100 · Hillcrest Heights: 47/100
Hillcrest Heights is 5 points higher.
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.
Hillcrest Heights: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.