City vs city
Myrtle Beach vs Watts Mills, SC
Myrtle Beach currently scores 18 points higher overall than Watts Mills, 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
Myrtle Beach: 54/100 · Watts Mills: 36/100
Myrtle Beach is 18 points higher.
Flood
Myrtle Beach: 26/100 · Watts Mills: 24/100
Myrtle Beach is 2 points higher.
Myrtle Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Watts Mills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 3 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Myrtle Beach: 52/100 · Watts Mills: 18/100
Myrtle Beach is 34 points higher.
Myrtle Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Watts Mills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Myrtle Beach: 59/100 · Watts Mills: 49/100
Myrtle Beach is 10 points higher.
Myrtle Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Watts Mills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Myrtle Beach: 35/100 · Watts Mills: 23/100
Myrtle Beach is 12 points higher.
Myrtle Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Watts Mills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Myrtle Beach: 85/100 · Watts Mills: 45/100
Myrtle Beach is 40 points higher.
Myrtle Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Watts Mills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Myrtle Beach: 99/100 · Watts Mills: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Myrtle Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Watts Mills: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Myrtle Beach: 60/100 · Watts Mills: 60/100
No gap.
Myrtle Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Watts Mills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Myrtle Beach: 19/100 · Watts Mills: 34/100
Watts Mills is 15 points higher.
Myrtle 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.
Watts Mills: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.