City vs city
Cape Carteret vs Morehead City, NC
Morehead City currently scores 10 points higher overall than Cape Carteret, with the largest gap in tornado.
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
Cape Carteret: 41/100 · Morehead City: 51/100
Morehead City is 10 points higher.
Flood
Cape Carteret: 47/100 · Morehead City: 78/100
Morehead City is 31 points higher.
Cape Carteret: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 18 features intersect this tile.
Morehead City: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 17 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Cape Carteret: 49/100 · Morehead City: 49/100
No gap.
Cape Carteret: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Morehead City: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Cape Carteret: 40/100 · Morehead City: 37/100
Cape Carteret is 3 points higher.
Cape Carteret: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Morehead City: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Cape Carteret: 35/100 · Morehead City: 77/100
Morehead City is 42 points higher.
Cape Carteret: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Morehead City: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Cape Carteret: 24/100 · Morehead City: 31/100
Morehead City is 7 points higher.
Cape Carteret: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Morehead City: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Cape Carteret: 98/100 · Morehead City: 98/100
No gap.
Cape Carteret: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Morehead City: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Cape Carteret: 13/100 · Morehead City: 14/100
Morehead City is 1 points higher.
Cape Carteret: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Morehead City: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Cape Carteret: 25/100 · Morehead City: 27/100
Morehead City is 2 points higher.
Cape Carteret: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Morehead City: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.