City vs city
Atlantic Beach vs Columbia, SC
Atlantic Beach currently scores 4 points higher overall than Columbia, 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
Atlantic Beach: 50/100 · Columbia: 46/100
Atlantic Beach is 4 points higher.
Flood
Atlantic Beach: 39/100 · Columbia: 37/100
Atlantic Beach is 2 points higher.
Atlantic Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 4 features intersect this tile.
Columbia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Atlantic Beach: 52/100 · Columbia: 24/100
Atlantic Beach is 28 points higher.
Atlantic Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Columbia: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Atlantic Beach: 59/100 · Columbia: 72/100
Columbia is 13 points higher.
Atlantic Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Columbia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Atlantic Beach: 15/100 · Columbia: 12/100
Atlantic Beach is 3 points higher.
Atlantic Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Atlantic Beach: 52/100 · Columbia: 83/100
Columbia is 31 points higher.
Atlantic Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Atlantic Beach: 99/100 · Columbia: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Atlantic Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Columbia: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Atlantic Beach: 62/100 · Columbia: 67/100
Columbia is 5 points higher.
Atlantic Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Columbia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Atlantic Beach: 19/100 · Columbia: 26/100
Columbia is 7 points higher.
Atlantic 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.
Columbia: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.