City vs city
Middle Island vs Sound Beach, NY
Sound Beach currently scores 13 points higher overall than Middle Island, 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
Middle Island: 29/100 · Sound Beach: 42/100
Sound Beach is 13 points higher.
Flood
Middle Island: 28/100 · Sound Beach: 21/100
Middle Island is 7 points higher.
Middle Island: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Sound Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 2 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Middle Island: 34/100 · Sound Beach: 32/100
Middle Island is 2 points higher.
Middle Island: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Sound Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Middle Island: 15/100 · Sound Beach: 15/100
No gap.
Middle Island: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Sound Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Middle Island: 0/100 · Sound Beach: 0/100
No gap.
Middle Island: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sound Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Middle Island: 4/100 · Sound Beach: 20/100
Sound Beach is 16 points higher.
Middle Island: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Sound Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Middle Island: Unavailable · Sound Beach: 98/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Middle Island: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Sound Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Middle Island: 62/100 · Sound Beach: 68/100
Sound Beach is 6 points higher.
Middle Island: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Sound Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Middle Island: 29/100 · Sound Beach: 37/100
Sound Beach is 8 points higher.
Middle Island: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Sound 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.