City vs city
Kill Devil Hills vs Winston-Salem, NC
Winston-Salem currently scores 1 points higher overall than Kill Devil Hills, with the largest gap in wildfire.
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
Kill Devil Hills: 37/100 · Winston-Salem: 38/100
Winston-Salem is 1 points higher.
Flood
Kill Devil Hills: 0/100 · Winston-Salem: 32/100
Winston-Salem is 32 points higher.
Kill Devil Hills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Winston-Salem: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Kill Devil Hills: 39/100 · Winston-Salem: 18/100
Kill Devil Hills is 21 points higher.
Kill Devil Hills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Winston-Salem: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Kill Devil Hills: 36/100 · Winston-Salem: 42/100
Winston-Salem is 6 points higher.
Kill Devil Hills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Winston-Salem: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Kill Devil Hills: 46/100 · Winston-Salem: 15/100
Kill Devil Hills is 31 points higher.
Kill Devil Hills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Winston-Salem: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Kill Devil Hills: 29/100 · Winston-Salem: 50/100
Winston-Salem is 21 points higher.
Kill Devil Hills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Winston-Salem: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Kill Devil Hills: 94/100 · Winston-Salem: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Kill Devil Hills: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Winston-Salem: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Kill Devil Hills: 0/100 · Winston-Salem: 71/100
Winston-Salem is 71 points higher.
Kill Devil Hills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Winston-Salem: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Kill Devil Hills: 16/100 · Winston-Salem: 35/100
Winston-Salem is 19 points higher.
Kill Devil Hills: 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.