City vs city
Bound Brook vs Somerville, NJ
Bound Brook currently scores 11 points higher overall than Somerville, 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
Bound Brook: 40/100 · Somerville: 29/100
Bound Brook is 11 points higher.
Flood
Bound Brook: 20/100 · Somerville: 22/100
Somerville is 2 points higher.
Bound Brook: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 17 features intersect this tile.
Somerville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Bound Brook: 22/100 · Somerville: 22/100
No gap.
Bound Brook: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Somerville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Bound Brook: 20/100 · Somerville: 21/100
Somerville is 1 points higher.
Bound Brook: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Somerville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Bound Brook: 0/100 · Somerville: 8/100
Somerville is 8 points higher.
Bound Brook: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Somerville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Bound Brook: 14/100 · Somerville: 36/100
Somerville is 22 points higher.
Bound Brook: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Somerville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Bound Brook: 99/100 · Somerville: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Bound Brook: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Somerville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Bound Brook: 71/100 · Somerville: 54/100
Bound Brook is 17 points higher.
Bound Brook: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Somerville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Bound Brook: 37/100 · Somerville: 39/100
Somerville is 2 points higher.
Bound Brook: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Somerville: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.