City vs city
Boiling Spring Lakes vs Carolina Beach, NC
Carolina Beach currently scores 7 points higher overall than Boiling Spring Lakes, with the largest gap in storm surge.
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
Boiling Spring Lakes: 35/100 · Carolina Beach: 42/100
Carolina Beach is 7 points higher.
Flood
Boiling Spring Lakes: 36/100 · Carolina Beach: 69/100
Carolina Beach is 33 points higher.
Boiling Spring Lakes: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Carolina Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Boiling Spring Lakes: 51/100 · Carolina Beach: 52/100
Carolina Beach is 1 points higher.
Boiling Spring Lakes: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Carolina Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Boiling Spring Lakes: 44/100 · Carolina Beach: 41/100
Boiling Spring Lakes is 3 points higher.
Boiling Spring Lakes: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Carolina Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Boiling Spring Lakes: 0/100 · Carolina Beach: 19/100
Carolina Beach is 19 points higher.
Boiling Spring Lakes: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Carolina Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Boiling Spring Lakes: 29/100 · Carolina Beach: 33/100
Carolina Beach is 4 points higher.
Boiling Spring Lakes: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Carolina Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Boiling Spring Lakes: 8/100 · Carolina Beach: 98/100
Carolina Beach is 90 points higher.
Boiling Spring Lakes: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Carolina Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Boiling Spring Lakes: 57/100 · Carolina Beach: 5/100
Boiling Spring Lakes is 52 points higher.
Boiling Spring Lakes: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Carolina Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Boiling Spring Lakes: 17/100 · Carolina Beach: 18/100
Carolina Beach is 1 points higher.
Boiling Spring Lakes: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Carolina Beach: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.