City vs city
Buies Creek vs Winston-Salem, NC
Buies Creek and Winston-Salem are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference in lightning.
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 · Winston-Salem: 38/100
No gap.
Flood
Buies Creek: 28/100 · Winston-Salem: 32/100
Winston-Salem is 4 points higher.
Buies Creek: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Winston-Salem: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Buies Creek: 25/100 · Winston-Salem: 18/100
Buies Creek is 7 points higher.
Buies Creek: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Winston-Salem: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Buies Creek: 65/100 · Winston-Salem: 42/100
Buies Creek is 23 points higher.
Buies Creek: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Winston-Salem: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Buies Creek: 15/100 · Winston-Salem: 15/100
No gap.
Buies Creek: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Winston-Salem: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Buies Creek: 31/100 · Winston-Salem: 50/100
Winston-Salem is 19 points higher.
Buies Creek: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Winston-Salem: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Buies Creek: Unavailable · Winston-Salem: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Buies Creek: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Winston-Salem: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Buies Creek: 73/100 · Winston-Salem: 71/100
Buies Creek is 2 points higher.
Buies Creek: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Winston-Salem: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Buies Creek: 30/100 · Winston-Salem: 35/100
Winston-Salem is 5 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.
Winston-Salem: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.