City vs city
Colonial Beach vs Falmouth, VA
Falmouth currently scores 2 points higher overall than Colonial Beach, 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
Colonial Beach: 34/100 · Falmouth: 36/100
Falmouth is 2 points higher.
Flood
Colonial Beach: 13/100 · Falmouth: 26/100
Falmouth is 13 points higher.
Colonial Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 7 features intersect this tile.
Falmouth: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Colonial Beach: 21/100 · Falmouth: 20/100
Colonial Beach is 1 points higher.
Colonial Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Falmouth: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Colonial Beach: 44/100 · Falmouth: 45/100
Falmouth is 1 points higher.
Colonial Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Falmouth: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Colonial Beach: 8/100 · Falmouth: 27/100
Falmouth is 19 points higher.
Colonial Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Falmouth: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Colonial Beach: 37/100 · Falmouth: 37/100
No gap.
Colonial Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Falmouth: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Colonial Beach: 93/100 · Falmouth: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Colonial Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Falmouth: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Colonial Beach: 11/100 · Falmouth: 54/100
Falmouth is 43 points higher.
Colonial Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Falmouth: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Colonial Beach: 42/100 · Falmouth: 41/100
Colonial Beach is 1 points higher.
Colonial 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.
Falmouth: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.