City vs city
Budd Lake vs Great Meadows, NJ
Budd Lake and Great Meadows are tied on overall score, with the biggest factor difference in tornado.
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
Budd Lake: 27/100 · Great Meadows: 27/100
No gap.
Flood
Budd Lake: 0/100 · Great Meadows: 0/100
No gap.
Budd Lake: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 1 features intersect this tile.
Great Meadows: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 0 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Budd Lake: 21/100 · Great Meadows: 21/100
No gap.
Budd Lake: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Great Meadows: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Budd Lake: 21/100 · Great Meadows: 22/100
Great Meadows is 1 points higher.
Budd Lake: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Great Meadows: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Budd Lake: 27/100 · Great Meadows: 0/100
Budd Lake is 27 points higher.
Budd Lake: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Great Meadows: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Budd Lake: 10/100 · Great Meadows: 6/100
Budd Lake is 4 points higher.
Budd Lake: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Great Meadows: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Budd Lake: Unavailable · Great Meadows: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Budd Lake: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Great Meadows: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Budd Lake: 73/100 · Great Meadows: 71/100
Budd Lake is 2 points higher.
Budd Lake: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Great Meadows: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Budd Lake: 38/100 · Great Meadows: 43/100
Great Meadows is 5 points higher.
Budd 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.
Great Meadows: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.