City vs city
Buies Creek vs Fayetteville, NC
Fayetteville currently scores 21 points higher overall than Buies Creek, 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
Buies Creek: 38/100 · Fayetteville: 59/100
Fayetteville is 21 points higher.
Flood
Buies Creek: 28/100 · Fayetteville: 55/100
Fayetteville is 27 points higher.
Buies Creek: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Fayetteville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Buies Creek: 25/100 · Fayetteville: 29/100
Fayetteville is 4 points higher.
Buies Creek: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Fayetteville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Buies Creek: 65/100 · Fayetteville: 62/100
Buies Creek is 3 points higher.
Buies Creek: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Fayetteville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Buies Creek: 15/100 · Fayetteville: 0/100
Buies Creek is 15 points higher.
Buies Creek: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Fayetteville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Buies Creek: 31/100 · Fayetteville: 100/100
Fayetteville is 69 points higher.
Buies Creek: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Fayetteville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Buies Creek: Unavailable · Fayetteville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Buies Creek: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Fayetteville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Buies Creek: 73/100 · Fayetteville: 78/100
Fayetteville is 5 points higher.
Buies Creek: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Fayetteville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Buies Creek: 30/100 · Fayetteville: 29/100
Buies Creek is 1 points higher.
Buies 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.
Fayetteville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.