City vs city
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills vs Highfield-Cascade, MD
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills currently scores 9 points higher overall than Highfield-Cascade, 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
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 39/100 · Highfield-Cascade: 30/100
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 9 points higher.
Flood
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 22/100 · Highfield-Cascade: 53/100
Highfield-Cascade is 31 points higher.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Highfield-Cascade: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 20/100 · Highfield-Cascade: 20/100
No gap.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Highfield-Cascade: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 19/100 · Highfield-Cascade: 24/100
Highfield-Cascade is 5 points higher.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Highfield-Cascade: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 19/100 · Highfield-Cascade: 8/100
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 11 points higher.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Highfield-Cascade: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 100/100 · Highfield-Cascade: 17/100
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 83 points higher.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Highfield-Cascade: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Unavailable · Highfield-Cascade: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Highfield-Cascade: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 53/100 · Highfield-Cascade: 47/100
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is 6 points higher.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Highfield-Cascade: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 42/100 · Highfield-Cascade: 42/100
No gap.
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.
Highfield-Cascade: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.