City vs city
Hagerstown vs Owings Mills, MD
Owings Mills currently scores 3 points higher overall than Hagerstown, with the largest gap in lightning.
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
Hagerstown: 28/100 · Owings Mills: 31/100
Owings Mills is 3 points higher.
Flood
Hagerstown: 25/100 · Owings Mills: 20/100
Hagerstown is 5 points higher.
Hagerstown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Owings Mills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Hagerstown: 20/100 · Owings Mills: 21/100
Owings Mills is 1 points higher.
Hagerstown: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Owings Mills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Hagerstown: 20/100 · Owings Mills: 38/100
Owings Mills is 18 points higher.
Hagerstown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Owings Mills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Hagerstown: 8/100 · Owings Mills: 0/100
Hagerstown is 8 points higher.
Hagerstown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Owings Mills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Hagerstown: 28/100 · Owings Mills: 21/100
Hagerstown is 7 points higher.
Hagerstown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Owings Mills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Hagerstown: Unavailable · Owings Mills: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Hagerstown: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Owings Mills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Hagerstown: 51/100 · Owings Mills: 38/100
Hagerstown is 13 points higher.
Hagerstown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Owings Mills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Hagerstown: 42/100 · Owings Mills: 45/100
Owings Mills is 3 points higher.
Hagerstown: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Owings Mills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.