City vs city
Birmingham vs Sugar Creek, MO
Birmingham currently scores 6 points higher overall than Sugar Creek, with the largest gap in flood.
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
Birmingham: 54/100 · Sugar Creek: 48/100
Birmingham is 6 points higher.
Flood
Birmingham: 100/100 · Sugar Creek: 63/100
Birmingham is 37 points higher.
Birmingham: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 23 features intersect this tile.
Sugar Creek: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 16 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Birmingham: 18/100 · Sugar Creek: 18/100
No gap.
Birmingham: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sugar Creek: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Birmingham: 77/100 · Sugar Creek: 77/100
No gap.
Birmingham: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sugar Creek: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Birmingham: 8/100 · Sugar Creek: 15/100
Sugar Creek is 7 points higher.
Birmingham: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sugar Creek: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Birmingham: 100/100 · Sugar Creek: 94/100
Birmingham is 6 points higher.
Birmingham: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sugar Creek: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Birmingham: Unavailable · Sugar Creek: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Birmingham: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sugar Creek: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Birmingham: 54/100 · Sugar Creek: 46/100
Birmingham is 8 points higher.
Birmingham: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sugar Creek: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Birmingham: 22/100 · Sugar Creek: 26/100
Sugar Creek is 4 points higher.
Birmingham: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Sugar Creek: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.