City vs city
Germantown vs Seat Pleasant, MD
Seat Pleasant currently scores 3 points higher overall than Germantown, 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 · Seat Pleasant: 41/100
Seat Pleasant is 3 points higher.
Flood
Germantown: 24/100 · Seat Pleasant: 14/100
Germantown is 10 points higher.
Germantown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Seat Pleasant: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Germantown: 20/100 · Seat Pleasant: 21/100
Seat Pleasant is 1 points higher.
Germantown: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Seat Pleasant: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Germantown: 35/100 · Seat Pleasant: 40/100
Seat Pleasant is 5 points higher.
Germantown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Seat Pleasant: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Germantown: 23/100 · Seat Pleasant: 31/100
Seat Pleasant is 8 points higher.
Germantown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seat Pleasant: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Germantown: 77/100 · Seat Pleasant: 37/100
Germantown is 40 points higher.
Germantown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Seat Pleasant: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Germantown: Unavailable · Seat Pleasant: 93/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Germantown: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Seat Pleasant: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Germantown: 41/100 · Seat Pleasant: 48/100
Seat Pleasant is 7 points higher.
Germantown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Seat Pleasant: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Germantown: 43/100 · Seat Pleasant: 47/100
Seat Pleasant is 4 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.
Seat Pleasant: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.