City vs city
Lowes Island vs Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Beach currently scores 3 points higher overall than Lowes Island, 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
Lowes Island: 34/100 · Virginia Beach: 37/100
Virginia Beach is 3 points higher.
Flood
Lowes Island: 17/100 · Virginia Beach: 30/100
Virginia Beach is 13 points higher.
Lowes Island: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 5 features intersect this tile.
Virginia Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 10 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Lowes Island: 20/100 · Virginia Beach: 30/100
Virginia Beach is 10 points higher.
Lowes Island: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Virginia Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Lowes Island: 36/100 · Virginia Beach: 43/100
Virginia Beach is 7 points higher.
Lowes Island: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Virginia Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Lowes Island: 8/100 · Virginia Beach: 8/100
No gap.
Lowes Island: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Virginia Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Lowes Island: 78/100 · Virginia Beach: 27/100
Lowes Island is 51 points higher.
Lowes Island: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Virginia Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Lowes Island: Unavailable · Virginia Beach: 90/100
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Lowes Island: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Virginia Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.
Wildfire
Lowes Island: 40/100 · Virginia Beach: 39/100
Lowes Island is 1 points higher.
Lowes Island: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Virginia Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Lowes Island: 41/100 · Virginia Beach: 27/100
Lowes Island is 14 points higher.
Lowes Island: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
Virginia 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.