City vs city
Owings Mills vs Reisterstown, MD
Owings Mills and Reisterstown are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference 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
Owings Mills: 31/100 · Reisterstown: 31/100
No gap.
Flood
Owings Mills: 20/100 · Reisterstown: 27/100
Reisterstown is 7 points higher.
Owings Mills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Reisterstown: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Owings Mills: 21/100 · Reisterstown: 21/100
No gap.
Owings Mills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Reisterstown: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Owings Mills: 38/100 · Reisterstown: 37/100
Owings Mills is 1 points higher.
Owings Mills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Reisterstown: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Owings Mills: 0/100 · Reisterstown: 23/100
Reisterstown is 23 points higher.
Owings Mills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Reisterstown: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Owings Mills: 21/100 · Reisterstown: 29/100
Reisterstown is 8 points higher.
Owings Mills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Reisterstown: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Owings Mills: Unavailable · Reisterstown: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Owings Mills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Reisterstown: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Owings Mills: 38/100 · Reisterstown: 37/100
Owings Mills is 1 points higher.
Owings Mills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Reisterstown: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Owings Mills: 45/100 · Reisterstown: 44/100
Owings Mills is 1 points higher.
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.
Reisterstown: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.