City vs city
Southern Pines vs Whispering Pines, NC
Southern Pines currently scores 1 points higher overall than Whispering Pines, 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
Southern Pines: 42/100 · Whispering Pines: 41/100
Southern Pines is 1 points higher.
Flood
Southern Pines: 34/100 · Whispering Pines: 37/100
Whispering Pines is 3 points higher.
Southern Pines: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Whispering Pines: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Southern Pines: 24/100 · Whispering Pines: 24/100
No gap.
Southern Pines: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Whispering Pines: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Southern Pines: 63/100 · Whispering Pines: 62/100
Southern Pines is 1 points higher.
Southern Pines: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Whispering Pines: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Southern Pines: 8/100 · Whispering Pines: 27/100
Whispering Pines is 19 points higher.
Southern Pines: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Whispering Pines: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Southern Pines: 57/100 · Whispering Pines: 26/100
Southern Pines is 31 points higher.
Southern Pines: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Whispering Pines: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Southern Pines: Unavailable · Whispering Pines: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Southern Pines: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Whispering Pines: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Southern Pines: 74/100 · Whispering Pines: 80/100
Whispering Pines is 6 points higher.
Southern Pines: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Whispering Pines: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Southern Pines: 31/100 · Whispering Pines: 30/100
Southern Pines is 1 points higher.
Southern Pines: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Whispering Pines: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.