City vs city
Kure Beach vs Silver Lake, NC
Kure Beach currently scores 12 points higher overall than Silver Lake, 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
Kure Beach: 54/100 · Silver Lake: 42/100
Kure Beach is 12 points higher.
Flood
Kure Beach: 87/100 · Silver Lake: 61/100
Kure Beach is 26 points higher.
Kure Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 20 features intersect this tile.
Silver Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 14 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Kure Beach: 52/100 · Silver Lake: 51/100
Kure Beach is 1 points higher.
Kure Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Silver Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Kure Beach: 42/100 · Silver Lake: 43/100
Silver Lake is 1 points higher.
Kure Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Silver Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Kure Beach: 0/100 · Silver Lake: 23/100
Silver Lake is 23 points higher.
Kure Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Silver Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Kure Beach: 22/100 · Silver Lake: 22/100
No gap.
Kure Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Silver Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Kure Beach: 98/100 · Silver Lake: 98/100
No gap.
Kure Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Silver Lake: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Kure Beach: 56/100 · Silver Lake: 16/100
Kure Beach is 40 points higher.
Kure Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Silver Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Kure Beach: 18/100 · Silver Lake: 18/100
No gap.
Kure Beach: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Silver Lake: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.