City vs city
Fairmount Heights vs Peppermill Village, MD
Fairmount Heights currently scores 6 points higher overall than Peppermill Village, 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
Fairmount Heights: 39/100 · Peppermill Village: 33/100
Fairmount Heights is 6 points higher.
Flood
Fairmount Heights: 27/100 · Peppermill Village: 18/100
Fairmount Heights is 9 points higher.
Fairmount Heights: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Peppermill Village: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Fairmount Heights: 21/100 · Peppermill Village: 21/100
No gap.
Fairmount Heights: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Peppermill Village: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Fairmount Heights: 39/100 · Peppermill Village: 40/100
Peppermill Village is 1 points higher.
Fairmount Heights: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Peppermill Village: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Fairmount Heights: 38/100 · Peppermill Village: 27/100
Fairmount Heights is 11 points higher.
Fairmount Heights: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Peppermill Village: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Fairmount Heights: 63/100 · Peppermill Village: 33/100
Fairmount Heights is 30 points higher.
Fairmount Heights: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Peppermill Village: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Fairmount Heights: Unavailable · Peppermill Village: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Fairmount Heights: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Peppermill Village: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Fairmount Heights: 38/100 · Peppermill Village: 47/100
Peppermill Village is 9 points higher.
Fairmount Heights: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Peppermill Village: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Fairmount Heights: 44/100 · Peppermill Village: 44/100
No gap.
Fairmount 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.
Peppermill Village: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.