City vs city
Granite Falls vs Sawmills, NC
Granite Falls currently scores 7 points higher overall than Sawmills, 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
Granite Falls: 41/100 · Sawmills: 34/100
Granite Falls is 7 points higher.
Flood
Granite Falls: 32/100 · Sawmills: 29/100
Granite Falls is 3 points higher.
Granite Falls: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Sawmills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Granite Falls: 16/100 · Sawmills: 16/100
No gap.
Granite Falls: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sawmills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Granite Falls: 46/100 · Sawmills: 46/100
No gap.
Granite Falls: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sawmills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Granite Falls: 4/100 · Sawmills: 19/100
Sawmills is 15 points higher.
Granite Falls: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sawmills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Granite Falls: 72/100 · Sawmills: 32/100
Granite Falls is 40 points higher.
Granite Falls: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sawmills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Granite Falls: Unavailable · Sawmills: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Granite Falls: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sawmills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Granite Falls: 78/100 · Sawmills: 60/100
Granite Falls is 18 points higher.
Granite Falls: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sawmills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Granite Falls: 37/100 · Sawmills: 37/100
No gap.
Granite Falls: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Sawmills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.