City vs city
Fayetteville vs Morehead City, NC
Fayetteville currently scores 8 points higher overall than Morehead City, 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
Fayetteville: 59/100 · Morehead City: 51/100
Fayetteville is 8 points higher.
Flood
Fayetteville: 55/100 · Morehead City: 78/100
Morehead City is 23 points higher.
Fayetteville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Morehead City: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 17 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Fayetteville: 29/100 · Morehead City: 49/100
Morehead City is 20 points higher.
Fayetteville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Morehead City: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Fayetteville: 62/100 · Morehead City: 37/100
Fayetteville is 25 points higher.
Fayetteville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Morehead City: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Fayetteville: 0/100 · Morehead City: 77/100
Morehead City is 77 points higher.
Fayetteville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Morehead City: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Fayetteville: 100/100 · Morehead City: 31/100
Fayetteville is 69 points higher.
Fayetteville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Morehead City: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Fayetteville: Unavailable · Morehead City: 98/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Fayetteville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Morehead City: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Fayetteville: 78/100 · Morehead City: 14/100
Fayetteville is 64 points higher.
Fayetteville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Morehead City: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Fayetteville: 29/100 · Morehead City: 27/100
Fayetteville is 2 points higher.
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.
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.