City vs city
Fort Ritchie vs Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, MD
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills currently scores 6 points higher overall than Fort Ritchie, 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
Fort Ritchie: 33/100 · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 39/100
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 6 points higher.
Flood
Fort Ritchie: 59/100 · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 22/100
Fort Ritchie is 37 points higher.
Fort Ritchie: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Fort Ritchie: 20/100 · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 20/100
No gap.
Fort Ritchie: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Fort Ritchie: 23/100 · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 19/100
Fort Ritchie is 4 points higher.
Fort Ritchie: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Fort Ritchie: 12/100 · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 19/100
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 7 points higher.
Fort Ritchie: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Fort Ritchie: 26/100 · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 100/100
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 74 points higher.
Fort Ritchie: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Fort Ritchie: Unavailable · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Fort Ritchie: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Fort Ritchie: 49/100 · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 53/100
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 4 points higher.
Fort Ritchie: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Fort Ritchie: 42/100 · Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 42/100
No gap.
Fort Ritchie: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.