City vs city
Independent Hill vs Potomac Mills, VA
Potomac Mills currently scores 14 points higher overall than Independent Hill, 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
Independent Hill: 30/100 · Potomac Mills: 44/100
Potomac Mills is 14 points higher.
Flood
Independent Hill: 26/100 · Potomac Mills: 42/100
Potomac Mills is 16 points higher.
Independent Hill: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Potomac Mills: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 14 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Independent Hill: 20/100 · Potomac Mills: 21/100
Potomac Mills is 1 points higher.
Independent Hill: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Potomac Mills: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Independent Hill: 41/100 · Potomac Mills: 41/100
No gap.
Independent Hill: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Potomac Mills: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Independent Hill: 15/100 · Potomac Mills: 8/100
Independent Hill is 7 points higher.
Independent Hill: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Potomac Mills: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Independent Hill: 33/100 · Potomac Mills: 78/100
Potomac Mills is 45 points higher.
Independent Hill: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Potomac Mills: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Independent Hill: Unavailable · Potomac Mills: 93/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Independent Hill: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Potomac Mills: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Independent Hill: 31/100 · Potomac Mills: 30/100
Independent Hill is 1 points higher.
Independent Hill: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Potomac Mills: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Independent Hill: 41/100 · Potomac Mills: 40/100
Independent Hill is 1 points higher.
Independent Hill: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Potomac 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.