City vs city
Briar Chapel vs Sanford, NC
Sanford currently scores 9 points higher overall than Briar Chapel, with the largest gap in wildfire.
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 · Sanford: 43/100
Sanford is 9 points higher.
Flood
Briar Chapel: 33/100 · Sanford: 39/100
Sanford is 6 points higher.
Briar Chapel: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 8 features intersect this tile.
Sanford: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Briar Chapel: 22/100 · Sanford: 23/100
Sanford is 1 points higher.
Briar Chapel: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sanford: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Briar Chapel: 54/100 · Sanford: 61/100
Sanford is 7 points higher.
Briar Chapel: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sanford: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Briar Chapel: 0/100 · Sanford: 0/100
No gap.
Briar Chapel: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sanford: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Briar Chapel: 16/100 · Sanford: 29/100
Sanford is 13 points higher.
Briar Chapel: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sanford: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Briar Chapel: Unavailable · Sanford: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Briar Chapel: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sanford: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Briar Chapel: 52/100 · Sanford: 76/100
Sanford is 24 points higher.
Briar Chapel: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sanford: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Briar Chapel: 28/100 · Sanford: 29/100
Sanford is 1 points higher.
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.
Sanford: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.