City vs city
Birchwood Lakes vs Cheyney, PA
Birchwood Lakes currently scores 1 points higher overall than Cheyney, 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
Birchwood Lakes: 37/100 · Cheyney: 36/100
Birchwood Lakes is 1 points higher.
Flood
Birchwood Lakes: 64/100 · Cheyney: 64/100
No gap.
Birchwood Lakes: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Cheyney: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Birchwood Lakes: 21/100 · Cheyney: 22/100
Cheyney is 1 points higher.
Birchwood Lakes: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Cheyney: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Birchwood Lakes: 22/100 · Cheyney: 42/100
Cheyney is 20 points higher.
Birchwood Lakes: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Cheyney: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Birchwood Lakes: 0/100 · Cheyney: 19/100
Cheyney is 19 points higher.
Birchwood Lakes: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Cheyney: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Birchwood Lakes: 8/100 · Cheyney: 23/100
Cheyney is 15 points higher.
Birchwood Lakes: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Cheyney: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Birchwood Lakes: Unavailable · Cheyney: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Birchwood Lakes: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Cheyney: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Birchwood Lakes: 67/100 · Cheyney: 43/100
Birchwood Lakes is 24 points higher.
Birchwood Lakes: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Cheyney: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Birchwood Lakes: 41/100 · Cheyney: 41/100
No gap.
Birchwood Lakes: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Cheyney: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.