City vs city
Batesburg-Leesville vs Columbia, SC
Columbia currently scores 7 points higher overall than Batesburg-Leesville, 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
Batesburg-Leesville: 39/100 · Columbia: 46/100
Columbia is 7 points higher.
Flood
Batesburg-Leesville: 24/100 · Columbia: 37/100
Columbia is 13 points higher.
Batesburg-Leesville: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Columbia: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Batesburg-Leesville: 21/100 · Columbia: 24/100
Columbia is 3 points higher.
Batesburg-Leesville: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Columbia: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Batesburg-Leesville: 64/100 · Columbia: 72/100
Columbia is 8 points higher.
Batesburg-Leesville: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Columbia: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Batesburg-Leesville: 19/100 · Columbia: 12/100
Batesburg-Leesville is 7 points higher.
Batesburg-Leesville: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Batesburg-Leesville: 59/100 · Columbia: 83/100
Columbia is 24 points higher.
Batesburg-Leesville: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Columbia: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Batesburg-Leesville: Unavailable · Columbia: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Batesburg-Leesville: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Columbia: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Batesburg-Leesville: 58/100 · Columbia: 67/100
Columbia is 9 points higher.
Batesburg-Leesville: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Columbia: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Batesburg-Leesville: 26/100 · Columbia: 26/100
No gap.
Batesburg-Leesville: 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.