City vs city
Germantown vs Mays Chapel, MD
Germantown currently scores 1 points higher overall than Mays Chapel, with the largest gap in tornado.
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
Germantown: 38/100 · Mays Chapel: 37/100
Germantown is 1 points higher.
Flood
Germantown: 24/100 · Mays Chapel: 23/100
Germantown is 1 points higher.
Germantown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Mays Chapel: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Germantown: 20/100 · Mays Chapel: 21/100
Mays Chapel is 1 points higher.
Germantown: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Mays Chapel: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Germantown: 35/100 · Mays Chapel: 39/100
Mays Chapel is 4 points higher.
Germantown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Mays Chapel: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Germantown: 23/100 · Mays Chapel: 15/100
Germantown is 8 points higher.
Germantown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Mays Chapel: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Germantown: 77/100 · Mays Chapel: 79/100
Mays Chapel is 2 points higher.
Germantown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Mays Chapel: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Germantown: Unavailable · Mays Chapel: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Germantown: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Mays Chapel: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Germantown: 41/100 · Mays Chapel: 38/100
Germantown is 3 points higher.
Germantown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Mays Chapel: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Germantown: 43/100 · Mays Chapel: 45/100
Mays Chapel 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.
Mays Chapel: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.