City vs city
Germantown vs Poolesville, MD
Germantown currently scores 8 points higher overall than Poolesville, 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
Germantown: 38/100 · Poolesville: 30/100
Germantown is 8 points higher.
Flood
Germantown: 24/100 · Poolesville: 3/100
Germantown is 21 points higher.
Germantown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Poolesville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Germantown: 20/100 · Poolesville: 20/100
No gap.
Germantown: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Poolesville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Germantown: 35/100 · Poolesville: 33/100
Germantown is 2 points higher.
Germantown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Poolesville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Germantown: 23/100 · Poolesville: 38/100
Poolesville is 15 points higher.
Germantown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Poolesville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Germantown: 77/100 · Poolesville: 45/100
Germantown is 32 points higher.
Germantown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Poolesville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Germantown: Unavailable · Poolesville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Germantown: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Poolesville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Germantown: 41/100 · Poolesville: 28/100
Germantown is 13 points higher.
Germantown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Poolesville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Germantown: 43/100 · Poolesville: 40/100
Germantown is 3 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.
Poolesville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.