City vs city
Briar Chapel vs Carrboro, NC
Carrboro currently scores 7 points higher overall than Briar Chapel, 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
Briar Chapel: 34/100 · Carrboro: 41/100
Carrboro is 7 points higher.
Flood
Briar Chapel: 33/100 · Carrboro: 32/100
Briar Chapel is 1 points higher.
Briar Chapel: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Carrboro: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 11 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Briar Chapel: 22/100 · Carrboro: 22/100
No gap.
Briar Chapel: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Carrboro: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Briar Chapel: 54/100 · Carrboro: 54/100
No gap.
Briar Chapel: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Carrboro: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Briar Chapel: 0/100 · Carrboro: 8/100
Carrboro is 8 points higher.
Briar Chapel: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Carrboro: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Briar Chapel: 16/100 · Carrboro: 77/100
Carrboro is 61 points higher.
Briar Chapel: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Carrboro: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Briar Chapel: Unavailable · Carrboro: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Briar Chapel: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Carrboro: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Briar Chapel: 52/100 · Carrboro: 64/100
Carrboro is 12 points higher.
Briar Chapel: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Carrboro: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Briar Chapel: 28/100 · Carrboro: 28/100
No gap.
Briar Chapel: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Carrboro: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.