City vs city

Germantown vs Hancock, MD

Germantown currently scores 1 points higher overall than Hancock, with the largest gap in hail.

Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.

Germantown

38/100

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Hancock

37/100

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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

Germantown: 38/100 · Hancock: 37/100

Germantown is 1 points higher.

Flood

Germantown: 24/100 · Hancock: 64/100

Hancock is 40 points higher.

Germantown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Hancock: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Germantown: 20/100 · Hancock: 19/100

Germantown is 1 points higher.

Germantown: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Hancock: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Germantown: 35/100 · Hancock: 17/100

Germantown is 18 points higher.

Germantown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Hancock: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Germantown: 23/100 · Hancock: 0/100

Germantown is 23 points higher.

Germantown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hancock: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Germantown: 77/100 · Hancock: 28/100

Germantown is 49 points higher.

Germantown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hancock: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Germantown: Unavailable · Hancock: Unavailable

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Germantown: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Hancock: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Wildfire

Germantown: 41/100 · Hancock: 51/100

Hancock is 10 points higher.

Germantown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Hancock: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Ingested air quality

Germantown: 43/100 · Hancock: 41/100

Germantown is 2 points higher.

Germantown: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.

Hancock: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.